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A famille rose armorial tankard
of cylindrical form with entwined strap handle, painted and gilt with a central crest surmounted by a stork's head holding a serpent above the motto 'Crux Christi nostra corona' on a ground of scattered flower sprays beneath a chain pattern border -- 4¾in. (12cms) high, Qianlong, (small chips to footrim, enamels of motto rubbed).
See Colour Plate 66.
The arms are of Mercer. See 'Chinese Armorial Porcelain', D.S Howard, page 536.
of cylindrical form with entwined strap handle, painted and gilt with a central crest surmounted by a stork's head holding a serpent above the motto 'Crux Christi nostra corona' on a ground of scattered flower sprays beneath a chain pattern border -- 4¾in. (12cms) high, Qianlong, (small chips to footrim, enamels of motto rubbed).
See Colour Plate 66.
The arms are of Mercer. See 'Chinese Armorial Porcelain', D.S Howard, page 536.
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