A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL CUPS AND SAUCERS enamelled with a coat-of-arms surmounted by a crest within a band of iron-red and gilt spear-head (one saucer cracked, slightly chipped), circa 1765; and a pair of monogrammed cups and saucers, the cups with a shield bearing the initials BD, on an ermine mantle within blue enamel and gilt bands at the foliate borders, late 18th Century (4)

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A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL CUPS AND SAUCERS enamelled with a coat-of-arms surmounted by a crest within a band of iron-red and gilt spear-head (one saucer cracked, slightly chipped), circa 1765; and a pair of monogrammed cups and saucers, the cups with a shield bearing the initials BD, on an ermine mantle within blue enamel and gilt bands at the foliate borders, late 18th Century (4)

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The arms on the first are those of Cullum. Cf. D.S.Howard, op.cit., p.512

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