A Chinese armorial tureen for the Irish / Belgian market (O’dwyer). Yongzheng
The tureen is decorated with blue underglaze lambrequins highlighted in gilt, bearing the full arms of the O’Dwyer family — D’or, semé de mouchetures d’hermine de sable, au lion au naturel, lampassé de gueules (et vraisemblablement armé de sable), rampant — surmounted by a helmet. The design is embellished with the collar of the Order […]
Two exceptionally rare, large knives made for the French market (re-attributed to Nicolas de Vauborel of Saint-Malo). China, Kangxi
The two large table knives follow a design typical of the Louis XIV period and are decorated in the imari palette. One side is painted in iron-red and gilt with a branch of peonies, while the other bears the arms of the Vauborel family: azure, a round tower argent, masoned sable. The arms are encircled […]
A Chinese armorial oval dish for the Irish / Indian market (Caulfeild). Daoguang
This oval dish is richly decorated in famille rose enamels with a central armorial crest enclosed within a green medallion. The coat of arms is that of Caulfeild, Barry of ten argent and gules, on a canton of the second a lion passant gardant or ; with crest, A dragon’s head erased gules gorged with […]
A royal coffee or chocolate cup for the King Louis XV. China, Yongzheng
The cup is decorated in the famille verte palette with translucent enamels and features the decor ordered for Louis XV, King of France (1710-1774). The main motif is an underglaze blue spray of peonies supporting a chrysanthemum flower, surmounted by a basket of citrus fruit. Additional motifs include fans and chrysanthemum heads in rounded cartouches. […]
An unrecorded armorial cup and saucer for a member of the House of Condé (France). China, Qianlong
The cup and the saucer are decorated in the famille rose palette, with a gilt border of shell and foliage motifs. The center of the saucer bears the coat of arms of the House of Condé painted in a rocaille cartouche under clouds, De France au bâton péri en bande de gueules en abîme, under […]
A pair of Chinese armorial plates for the Belgian market (Mozzoni Frosconi – Proli). Qianlong
These plates are decorated in the famille rose enamels with the coat of arms of the Mozzoni and Frosconi families, with coupé au 1 de gueules à trois aigles d’argent couronné d’or, which is Mozzoni Frosconi : au 2 d’or à un chateau à deux tours de gueules coiffé d’un aigle bicéphale de sable couronné […]
A Chinese armorial (unrecorded) oval tray for the French / Irish market (Sutton de Clonard). Qianlong
The oblong tray, decorated in the famille rose palette with garlands of flowers, bears the arms and crest of Thomas Sutton, of Wexford (Ireland), comte de Clonard, France: Or, a lion rampant double-queued gules standing on a lizard vert, surmounted by a crest — Out of a Ducal Coronet, Or, a demi-lion double-queued vert (double […]
A Chinese armorial plate for the English market (Elwick). Yongzheng
Decorated en grisaille and gilt, centered with the arms of Elwick against a backdrop of a very finely painted grisaille landscape, the rim meticulously painted with a fine grisaille and gilded diapered border with reserves of further landscape views, centered at the top with the Elwick crest, the outer edge with a scrolling gilded foliate design.
An unrecorded barber bowl for the duc de Luynes. China, Yongzheng
The oval basin finely enameled in the famille rose palette with four sprays of flowers and a frieze depicting the Order of the Holy Spirit. Four cartouches adorn the cavetto, two of them on opposite sides enclose a double L. The center of each barber basin bears the coat of arms of the Duke de […]
A Chinese Dutch-decorated armorial dish for the Dutch market (Nicolaas Langerak from Delft). Qianlong, 1744
The porcelain, Chinese, decorated in Netherlands, with a border depicting putti supporting a garland of flowers and foliage, with a cartouche containing a monogram surmounted by a crown at the top. In the center, the arms of Nicolas Langerak along with a cartouche that reads “Ns Langerak, 1744.”