PROPERTY FROM THE VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, SOLD TO BENEFIT THE ACQUISITIONS FUND

AN ARMORIAL SOUP TUREEN AND COVER WITH A PAIR OF SPOON TRAYS AND A SAUCER

CIRCA 1785

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AN ARMORIAL SOUP TUREEN AND COVER WITH A PAIR OF SPOON TRAYS AND A SAUCER
CIRCA 1785
Each enamelled with the arms of Smythe for Viscount Strangford showing the lion and yellow leopard supporters, the tureen of neoclassical form with large flowerhead knop, all with gilt band borders
12 1/8 in. (30.8 cm.) wide (5)

Lot Essay

Probably made for Lionel, the 5th Viscount, who was married in New York in 1779 to the daughter of Frederick Philipse of Philipseburg Manor. Their son Percy, the 6th Viscount was ambassador to Portugal in 1806; his portrait is illustrated, with a plate from the service, by E.F. Brancante in O Brasil e a Louca da India, p. 277.

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