Lot Essay
Howard, op.cit., illustrates another service made for this family (p. 716)
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A CRESTED FAMILLE ROSE PUNCH BOWL
CIRCA 1775
Painted front and back with a rococco cartouche containing the crest of Hope of Craighall, a broken globe beneath a rainbow terminating in clouds, above the motto AT SPES NON FRACTA on a purple ribbon, the sides with rose sprays and sprigs, a large rose in the center below a gilt spearhead border (wear to interior and to grisaille)--13in. (33cm.) diam.
CIRCA 1775
Painted front and back with a rococco cartouche containing the crest of Hope of Craighall, a broken globe beneath a rainbow terminating in clouds, above the motto AT SPES NON FRACTA on a purple ribbon, the sides with rose sprays and sprigs, a large rose in the center below a gilt spearhead border (wear to interior and to grisaille)--13in. (33cm.) diam.