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A Samson famille rose armorial jar, bowl and tea-caddy
The ovoid jar and cover decorated at the centre with a coat-of-arms flanked by two dogs and surmounted by a coronet, inscribed HONI.SOIT.QUI.MAL.Y.PENSE and FRANCAS NON FECTES, among scattered sprays of pink flowers, the base and cover pierced with an aperture, 30 cm high; a bowl with a central coat-of-arms flanked by a lion and unicorn, 22.8 cm diam.; and a tea-caddy and cover, similarly decorated, 12 cm high (all covers glued) (3)
The ovoid jar and cover decorated at the centre with a coat-of-arms flanked by two dogs and surmounted by a coronet, inscribed HONI.SOIT.QUI.MAL.Y.PENSE and FRANCAS NON FECTES, among scattered sprays of pink flowers, the base and cover pierced with an aperture, 30 cm high; a bowl with a central coat-of-arms flanked by a lion and unicorn, 22.8 cm diam.; and a tea-caddy and cover, similarly decorated, 12 cm high (all covers glued) (3)