A group of Armorial and European-subject wares


Mainly 18th centuryComprising: a 'bullet' form teapot painted en-grisalle in two panels with a European townscape to one side and European figures to the other on a rouge-de-fer and gilt scrolling lotus ground, (damages), 10cm high, a cream jug with en-grissale with a scene of European charioteers, 9.5cm high; a famille rose plate decorated to the centre with a pair of pheasants, the arms and crest of Davis spaced by the valentine pattern at the rim, c.1746, 23cm diameter; a plate with the crest of Davis and gilt floral designs, c.1730, 22.7cm diameter; two dinner plates and a side plate each bearing the crest of Blactchford or Barttleot and the monogram 'GAB' within underglaze blue borders, c.1790 largest 24.3cm diameter; a soup plate with the arms of Hill, c.1790, 23.9cm diameter; a soup plate with Mackay arms; a saucer with the arms of Fraser, c.1775; a tea bowl bearing Campbell crest and motto; together with a set of two cups, three tea bowls and one saucer bearing unidentified arms; a dinner plate, a bowl, a saucer, two cups and two tea bowls and saucers, each with unidentified armorial patterns, (various damages throughout).(27).
|For armorials see D.S. Howard, vol. I, p.320; and vol. II, pp.149, 261, 562, 571, and 648.