A TWO-HANDLED DOUBLE-LIPPED ARMORIAL SAUCEBOAT
CIRCA 1740
Of silver shape, the interior enamelled with the arms of Rudge quartering Chalmers above the motto NIL VOLENTIBUS ARDUUM, one spout with a helmeted crest, the exterior rim gilt with scrolling vine
9 in. (22.8 cm.) long
Lot Essay
Cf. D.S. Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, vol. I, p. 296
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