THREE FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL CUPS, each enamelled with a central coat-of-arms variously beneath a band of spear-heads, flowers and shell-and-scroll, the second cup with the motto Je Suis Prest; and an export armorial teabowl with a central coat-of-arms and two flower-sprays in bianco-sopra-bianco (one handle cracked, one cup cracked, teabowl rim minutely chipped), all Qianlong (4)

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THREE FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL CUPS, each enamelled with a central coat-of-arms variously beneath a band of spear-heads, flowers and shell-and-scroll, the second cup with the motto Je Suis Prest; and an export armorial teabowl with a central coat-of-arms and two flower-sprays in bianco-sopra-bianco (one handle cracked, one cup cracked, teabowl rim minutely chipped), all Qianlong (4)

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The arms on the first are those of Hodges impaling Bullock, circa 1740. Cf. D. S. Howard, op. cit., p. 397
The arms on the second are those of Fraser, circa 1755. Cf. D. S. Howard, op. cit., p. 353
The arms on the third are those of Langton, circa 1750. Cf. D. S. Howard, op. cit., p. 952
The arms on the teabowl are those of Seys quartering Seys, circa 1745. Cf. D. S. Howard, op. cit., p. 286

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