AN ANTI-GALLICAN SOCIETY BOWL

CIRCA 1750

Details

AN ANTI-GALLICAN SOCIETY BOWL
Circa 1750
Enamelled front and back with the arms of the Society above the motto FOR OUR COUNTRY, the Britannia figural crest repeated in the interior and the sides with ribbon-tied bouquets
11.1/8in. (28.2cm.) diam.

Lot Essay

The Anti-Gallican Society was formed in London in 1745 "To promote British Manufactures...and discourage the introduction of French modes" (see D.S. Howard, op. cit., p. 487). Hervouet and Bruneau, op. cit., p. 331, illustrate an Anti-Gallican Society punch bowl from the collection of the Museum of the United Grand Lodge of England in London.