A FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL OVAL BUTTER-DISH, COVER AND STAND, MUSTARD-POT, COVER AND QUATREFOIL SAUCER-DISH
A FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL OVAL BUTTER-DISH, COVER AND STAND, MUSTARD-POT, COVER AND QUATREFOIL SAUCER-DISH

18TH CENTURY

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A FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL OVAL BUTTER-DISH, COVER AND STAND, MUSTARD-POT, COVER AND QUATREFOIL SAUCER-DISH
18th century
The butter-dish with an accoll coat-of-arms beneath a coronet between violet garlands suspended from a ribbon at the rim, the shallow cover with similar adornments and surmounted by a peach finial, the stand and the saucer-dish with the coat-of-arms between garlands, the barrel-shaped pot similarly decorated and applied with a thin loop handle, the domed cover surmounted by a smaller peach finial, cracks restored, and rim chips
the saucer-dish 6 in. (16 cm.) wide (6)

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The arms are those of a French woman, believed to have lived in the Saint Malo region, but the family has not been identified.

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