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A famille rose armorial oval tureen, domed cover and stand with branch handles and fruit finial, painted and gilt with crests bearing an escutcheon of the arms of France and England regally crowned in the dexter chief quarter surmounted bu a lion rampant supporting a regal crown, flanked by two further lions each supporting a banner above the motto 'Auspicio regis et senatus Angliae', all on grounds of scattered flowersprays within spearhead and rouge de fer geometric borders -- the stand 11in. (28cm) wide, Jiaqing
The arms are of The Hon. East India Company. The service was used by the company in India and it is known that a number of Governors took parts of the service back to England at the end of their tenure of office. (2)
The arms are of The Hon. East India Company. The service was used by the company in India and it is known that a number of Governors took parts of the service back to England at the end of their tenure of office. (2)