Lot 3
3
A BLUE AND WHITE ARMORIAL VEGETABLE TUREEN AND COVER
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF MR. AND MRS. J. RICHARDSON DILWORTH
A BLUE AND WHITE ARMORIAL VEGETABLE TUREEN AND COVER

CIRCA 1790

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A BLUE AND WHITE ARMORIAL VEGETABLE TUREEN AND COVER
CIRCA 1790
An unusual coat-of-arms with figural supporters holding pennants and motto FORWARD shown twice on the cover and in the interior
13 1/8 in. (33.4 cm.) wide over handles (2)

Lot Essay

The arms, with ribbon showing the motto of the Order of the Bath, are of Hughes, for either Admiral Sir Edward Hughes or Captain Sir Richard Hughes, second cousins and descendants of Sir Thomas Hughes, knighted 1619 and Recorder of the Bath. See D.S. Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, vol. I, p. 711.

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