Lot Essay
The arms are those of Stewart. Cf. D. S. Howard, op. cit., p.576. This service would have been made for the Hon. Alexander Stewart, 3rd son of the 7th Lord Blantyre
Various Properties
A FINE PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL MONOGRAMMED SAUCE TUREENS, COVERS AND STANDS, each of oblong octagonal shape with deer-head handles, brightly enamelled six times with a coat-of-arms flanked by feathery fronds above the motto Sola Suvat Virtus and the initial A S below the same motto, the spandrels with bouquets (small rim chip to one cover, one finial extremity restoration), circa 1770
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A FINE PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL MONOGRAMMED SAUCE TUREENS, COVERS AND STANDS, each of oblong octagonal shape with deer-head handles, brightly enamelled six times with a coat-of-arms flanked by feathery fronds above the motto Sola Suvat Virtus and the initial A S below the same motto, the spandrels with bouquets (small rim chip to one cover, one finial extremity restoration), circa 1770
the stands 19.3cm. long (2)
the stands 19.3cm. long (2)