AN ARMORIAL SOUP TUREEN, COVER AND STAND

CIRCA 1795

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AN ARMORIAL SOUP TUREEN, COVER AND STAND
Circa 1795
With the arms of Brydges, Duke of Chandos, quarterly with Gamon in pretence, showing the ducal coronet and the Duke of Chandos's crest, motto MAINTIEN LE DROIT and supporters
14in. (37.5cm.) wide (2)

Lot Essay

Made for James Brydges, third Duke of Chandos, whose grandfather, the first Duke, owned the famous Yongzheng period service. See D.S. Howard, op. cit., pp. 751 and 181