Lot 432
432
A CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN ARMORIAL BEAKER VASE
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF ERIC MARTIN WUNSCH (LOT 434)
A CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN ARMORIAL BEAKER VASE

CIRCA 1747-1755

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A CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN ARMORIAL BEAKER VASE
CIRCA 1747-1755
Finely enameled in grisaille with the arms of Vaughn impaling Hallowell over the motto IN PRUDENTIA ET SIMPLICEIAE and the inscription Samuel Vaughn, the reverse with a cartouche of a bird perched in a tree, gilt chain to the inner rim
11 1/8 in. (28.2 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

The arms here are taken from a bookplate and thus have the odd incorporation of Samuel Vaughn's name. The Vaughns were great advocates of American independence and friends of Benjamin Franklin and George Washington. See Fuchs and Howard, op. cit., p. 70.

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