A FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL PUNCH BOWL, BEARING THE ARMS AND MOTTO OF THE DUNDAS FAMILY
18TH CENTURY
£630
Scottish Works of Art & Whisky
Auction: 17 August 2022 at 11:00 BST
Description
brightly enamelled in famille rose palate with two large cartouches of the Dundas family arms and crest above the motto 'ESSAYEZ', with a floral bouquet to each side and scattered insects throughout, the interior with a gilt rui sceptre border, raised on a simple collet foot (restored)
Dimensions
33cm diameter
Footnote
Note: For the arms, see David Sanctuary Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, Vol. I, London, 1974, p. 424, P11.