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A FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL OBLONG OCTAGONAL TUREEN AND COVER
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A FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL OBLONG OCTAGONAL TUREEN AND COVER

CIRCA 1765

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A FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL OBLONG OCTAGONAL TUREEN AND COVER
CIRCA 1765
With iron-red hare-head handles and a large flower finial, each side enamelled and gilt with the arms of Clerke, coronet, crest and the motto OSE ET ESPERE, with floral sprigs and garlands, rim corners polished, finial extremity restored
11 in. (28 cm.) wide
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拍品專文

The arms were granted in 1761 to Joseph Clerke, whose son Charles entered the Navy at the age of fourteen. In 1768 and again in 1772 Clerke was master's mate with Captain Cook. In 1776, Clerke commanded the Discovery and Cook the Resolution and he was present when Cook was murdered in 1779, leaving Clerke in command of the expedition. See D. S. Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, London, 1974, p.612.