Lot Essay
The arms are those of the Lee family, Earls of Lichfield until the title became extinct in 1776
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A PAIR OF ENGLISH PORCELAIN ARMORIAL MOON FLASKS
19TH CENTURY
Of typical shape with loop handles, painted in colours with a coat-of-arms flanked by lion supporters and motto FIDE ET CONSTANTIA, scattered flowers, the reverse with the coat-of-arms within stiff leaf-tip borders (one broken and restored, the other with cracked base, gilding worn)--10 5/8in. (27cm.) high (2)
19TH CENTURY
Of typical shape with loop handles, painted in colours with a coat-of-arms flanked by lion supporters and motto FIDE ET CONSTANTIA, scattered flowers, the reverse with the coat-of-arms within stiff leaf-tip borders (one broken and restored, the other with cracked base, gilding worn)--10 5/8in. (27cm.) high (2)