CIRCA 1745, CIRCA 1760, CIRCA 1800

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THREE FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL BOWLS
Circa 1745, circa 1760, circa 1800
The first a punchbowl with the arms of the Anti-Gallican Society on each side of the exterior, the interior rim with a band of iron-red and gilt flower sprays, cracks; a larger punchbowl with the arms of Lascelles on the exterior divided by floral sprays, restored; and a small bowl with the initials RN, crest and motto for the Nisbet family
10¼ in. (26 cm.) diam., 12½ in. (31.7 cm.) diam., and (3)

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Lot Essay

For the first, see D. S. Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, 1974, London, p.945, where the author explains this was probably ordered in the first year of the Society's history. For the second, see ibid., p.491. For another service for the Nisbet family, see ibid., p.752.

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