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CIRCA 1760
Details
AN ARMORIAL MUG
CIRCA 1760
A large coat-of-arms for Kellett in front within gilt rocaillerie entwined with blossoms and before crossed palm branches, the shield finely painted with a boar passant sable beneath a gilt animal mask supporting the crest, floral sprays on the sides, plain arched handle
5½ in. (14 cm.) high
CIRCA 1760
A large coat-of-arms for Kellett in front within gilt rocaillerie entwined with blossoms and before crossed palm branches, the shield finely painted with a boar passant sable beneath a gilt animal mask supporting the crest, floral sprays on the sides, plain arched handle
5½ in. (14 cm.) high
Literature
Illustrated by D.S. Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, vol. II, p. 398, where the author suggests that the service might have been a gift to Richard Kellett from Abraham de Castries, Envoy to Portugal, in 1758 when Kellett married the Envoy's niece