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A Chinese armorial coffee pot and cover
of tapering form, painted and gilt with a large crest surmounted by an ostrich holding a horse shoe in its beak, the crest bearing the motto 'Tien Ta Foy' on a ground of scattered flower sprays within chain and spearhead pattern borders -- 8¾in. (22.2cms) high, Qianlong, (small chip to side of handle, some gilt rubbing).
See Colour Plate 66.
The arms are of Smyth of Hough, Cheshire. See 'Chinese Armorial Porcelain', D.S Howard, page 543.
of tapering form, painted and gilt with a large crest surmounted by an ostrich holding a horse shoe in its beak, the crest bearing the motto 'Tien Ta Foy' on a ground of scattered flower sprays within chain and spearhead pattern borders -- 8¾in. (22.2cms) high, Qianlong, (small chip to side of handle, some gilt rubbing).
See Colour Plate 66.
The arms are of Smyth of Hough, Cheshire. See 'Chinese Armorial Porcelain', D.S Howard, page 543.
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