A FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL SHAPED OBLONG DISH enamelled with a central coat-of-arms surmounted by a crest and flanked by feathery fronds, inscribed The Grit Poul and bearing the motto Crux Christi Nostra Corona, the foliate everted rim with floral sprays, birds and shells (chipped), circa 1755

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A FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL SHAPED OBLONG DISH enamelled with a central coat-of-arms surmounted by a crest and flanked by feathery fronds, inscribed The Grit Poul and bearing the motto Crux Christi Nostra Corona, the foliate everted rim with floral sprays, birds and shells (chipped), circa 1755
32cm. wide

Lot Essay

The arms are those of Mercer, cf. D. S. Howard, op. cit., p.536

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