Lot Essay
The arms are those of Flyght impaling Moderby. Cf. D. S. Howard, op.cit., p. 538
ARMORIAL PORCELAIN
VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL OBLONG OCTAGONAL TUREEN AND COVER with hare-head handles, enamelled with a coat-of-arms above the motto Sed Majora Petimus surrounded by insects in flight and scattered flower-sprays within a band of iron-red and gilt chain-pattern at the foot and at the rim, the cover surmounted by a Buddhistic-lion finial, circa 1755
Details
A FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL OBLONG OCTAGONAL TUREEN AND COVER with hare-head handles, enamelled with a coat-of-arms above the motto Sed Majora Petimus surrounded by insects in flight and scattered flower-sprays within a band of iron-red and gilt chain-pattern at the foot and at the rim, the cover surmounted by a Buddhistic-lion finial, circa 1755
35cm. wide
35cm. wide
Provenance
Cecil H. Bullivant, sold in London, 22 March 1988, lot 293