Lot Essay
See The Benjamin F. Edwards III Collection, Christie's, New York, 22 January 2003, lot 165, for an oval basin with these arms.
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CIRCA 1730
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A FRENCH ARMORIAL TUREEN AND COVER
CIRCA 1730
Oval, with spire finial and shell handles, finely painted front and back on the cover and base with a coat-of-arms for Albert de Luynes in gilt and colored enamels shown against ermine mantling and beneath a coronet, the sides with clusters of fruit, flowers musical instruments, pine and bamboo above a band of iron-red and gilt cell-pattern, the interior of the cover and the bowl with further flower sprays
10¼ in. (26 cm.) wide, overall (2)
CIRCA 1730
Oval, with spire finial and shell handles, finely painted front and back on the cover and base with a coat-of-arms for Albert de Luynes in gilt and colored enamels shown against ermine mantling and beneath a coronet, the sides with clusters of fruit, flowers musical instruments, pine and bamboo above a band of iron-red and gilt cell-pattern, the interior of the cover and the bowl with further flower sprays
10¼ in. (26 cm.) wide, overall (2)