Lot 128
128
Three French porcelain gilt cabinet cups and saucers
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Three French porcelain gilt cabinet cups and saucers

FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY

Details
Three French porcelain gilt cabinet cups and saucers
FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY
Comprising a large one of American significance, with the American eagle inscribed E PLURIBUS UNUM, within foliage (hairline crack to border), one with birds within foliage, one with neoclassical motifs (overall rubbing to the gilding) (6)
Provenance
The American eagle cup and saucer, Silvio Ferrara Antiques, Rome.
The neoclassical cup and saucer, Mercury Antiques, London.
The present owner.
Special notice
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Lot Essay

'E Pluribus Unum' was one of the first mottos adopted by the United States government. Along with Annuit Coeptis and Novus Ordo Seclorum, E Pluribus Unum was adopted to appear on the Great Seal of the United States in 1782. Translated from Latin, it most closely means 'Out of many, (is) One'. The position of the pronoun unum points to the aforementioned meaning, which refers to the unity of the disparate states of the United States as well as (in modern times) the notion that the nation is a melting pot of peoples.

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