Lot 198
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AN ARMORIAL SAUCE TUREEN, COVER AND STAND
AN ARMORIAL SAUCE TUREEN, COVER AND STAND

CIRCA 1775

Details
AN ARMORIAL SAUCE TUREEN, COVER AND STAND
Circa 1775
The tureen of asymmetrical rococo faience form and the stand molded with shell handles, both enamelled with the arms of Sobral within strapwork and scrollwork borders
9in. (22.8cm.) wide (2)

Lot Essay

From one of seven services and other orders made for Joaquim Inacio da Cruz Sobral (1727-81), a wealthy Bahia, Brazil merchant who returned to Portugal and became Administrator of the Lisbon Custom House. See N. de Castro, op. cit., p. 137