Lot 148
148
A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL OVAL BUTTER TUBS, COVERS AND STANDS, each tub enamelled at either side with a coat-of-arms surmounted by a crest within an underglaze-blue spear-head and diaper-pattern surround, the stands and covers similary decorated, the latter surmounted by bud finials, circa 1790

Details
A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL OVAL BUTTER TUBS, COVERS AND STANDS, each tub enamelled at either side with a coat-of-arms surmounted by a crest within an underglaze-blue spear-head and diaper-pattern surround, the stands and covers similary decorated, the latter surmounted by bud finials, circa 1790
the stands, 15.4cm. wide (2)

Lot Essay

The arms are those of Cutler. Cf. D. S. Howard, op. cit., p. 717 where the author suggests that this service was made for Henry Cutler, grandson of John Cutler, from Yorkshire, who was a standard-bearer in the Wars of the Roses

More from Chinese

View All
View All