TWO CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL SALTS

QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1765 AND CIRCA 1775

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TWO CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL SALTS
QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1765 AND CIRCA 1775
Both of oblong octagonal form, the first enamelled and gilt with the arms of Poyntz with Courtenay in pretence, and the second with the arms of Lennox and the motto I'LL DEFEND, both within spearheads, the sides of the second with floral sprigs and puce scale pattern
Both 3 1/8 in. (8 cm.) wide (2)

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Lot Essay

For the arms of the first, see D. S. Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, London, 1974, p. 513. A large part-dinner service with these arms is at Althorp, Northamptonshire. For the second, see op.cit., p. 432.

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