Lot Essay
The Wemyss boat illustrated by D.S. Howard, op. cit., p. 142 and again on p. 534
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CIRCA 1740 AND 1760
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TWO FLUTED ARMORIAL SAUCEBOATS
Circa 1740 and 1760
The first with the arms of Wemyss for the Earl of Wemyss in the center, its sides with delicately rendered grisaille and gilt flowering boughs, the second with the arms of Nassau, Earl of Rochfort quarterly with Zuylestein in pretence, its sides with gilt-edged grisaille diaper pattern and an earl's coronet in the center
7 3/8 and 7 1/8in. (18.7 and 18cm.) long (2)
Circa 1740 and 1760
The first with the arms of Wemyss for the Earl of Wemyss in the center, its sides with delicately rendered grisaille and gilt flowering boughs, the second with the arms of Nassau, Earl of Rochfort quarterly with Zuylestein in pretence, its sides with gilt-edged grisaille diaper pattern and an earl's coronet in the center
7 3/8 and 7 1/8in. (18.7 and 18cm.) long (2)