A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL CIRCULAR BUTTER TUBS AND COVERS with knop finials modelled after a European original, each painted around the side with a continuous floral garland, the covers with a similar floral garland divided by two coats-of-arms, surmounted by coronets and suspending the cross of Malta, all within a foliate border (fritted), Qianlong | Christie's

Lot 27

A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL CIRCULAR BUTTER TUBS AND COVERS with knop finials modelled after a European original, each painted around the side with a continuous floral garland, the covers with a similar floral garland divided by two coats-of-arms, surmounted by coronets and suspending the cross of Malta, all within a foliate border (fritted), Qianlong

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A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL CIRCULAR BUTTER TUBS AND COVERS with knop finials modelled after a European original, each painted around the side with a continuous floral garland, the covers with a similar floral garland divided by two coats-of-arms, surmounted by coronets and suspending the cross of Malta, all within a foliate border (fritted), Qianlong
11.7cm. diam. (2)

Lot Essay

The arms are those of Lambert de la Roche, of Dauphine, Ile-de-France and Quercy. Cf. J.B.Rietstap, Armorial Général, vol.II, p.11.

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