AN ARMORIAL COFFEE CUP AND SAUCER AND A PAIR OF CRESTED SOUP PLATES
AN ARMORIAL COFFEE CUP AND SAUCER AND A PAIR OF CRESTED SOUP PLATES

CIRCA 1755 AND CIRCA 1780

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AN ARMORIAL COFFEE CUP AND SAUCER AND A PAIR OF CRESTED SOUP PLATES
CIRCA 1755 AND CIRCA 1780
Cup and saucer with the arms of Rattray beneath a gilt scroll and shell border, the plates with crest and motto of the Earls of Glasgow and initialled JB for John Boyle, either the third Earl or a grandson of the second Earl
4 5/8 and 9 1/8 in. (11.8 and 23.2 cm.) diam. (3)

Lot Essay

See D.S. Howard, CAPI, p. 618, where the author notes that the Earls of Glasgow descended from John Boyle of Caleburne in Ayrshire, living in 1417, whose descendant, David, was made Earl of Glasgow in 1703. The same work illustrates a plate from the Rattray service, p. 365, which was decorated with a central fruit sprig.

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