A MASSIVE DOCUMENTARY CANTON FAMILLE ROSE PUNCHBOWL

CIRCA 1813

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A MASSIVE DOCUMENTARY CANTON FAMILLE ROSE PUNCHBOWL
circa 1813
Enamelled on two sides of the exterior with a shaped panel enclosing two crests within a gilt belt inscribed with the motto Munus Et Momentum Victoriae Henry VIII Spurs 1513, divided by two larger panels depicting gatherings of various officials, gentlemen and ladies reserved on a profusion of butterflies, birds and flowers below a band of figures engaged in various pursuits at the rim, the interior with a similar central roundel and continuous scene at the sides below a band of flowers and birds, cracks restored
21in. (53cm.) diam., ormolu stand

Lot Essay

The crests are those of Clerke, and were possibly painted in England. The motto may be translated as: 'In rememberance of the victory of King Henry VIII at the Battle of Spurs in 1513', and was almost certainly made to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the battle, and certainly by a descendant of Sir John Clerke of Weston, who took prisoner in 1513 the Duke de Longueville and was granted an honourable augmentation to his arms.

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