Two Chinese famille rose armorial meat dishes 18th century

both of octagonal form and with a floral border, comprising: one painted with the arms of Ross impaling Ross, the shield decorated with six white lions, surmounted by a crest of an upright arm holding a wreath, the motto reading 'NOBILIS EST IRA LEONIS' (Noble is the wrath of the lion), within a gilt chain border, and another, painted with the arms of the Mercer family, the shield bearing a blue horizontal band charged with three gilt roundels, beneath three red crosses on a gilt ground and above a red six-pointed star on a white ground, surmounted by a helm and a crest of the head and neck of a heron holding an eel in its beak, surrounded by blue and iron-red mantling, with the mottoes 'THE GRIT POOL' (The great pool) above and 'CRUX CHRISTI NOSTRA CORONA' (The cross of Christ is our crown) below, (2), 32 and 44.5cm long, The Private Collection of Michael George Kuczynski (1941-2025), Cambridgeshire. Michael, Condition Report, Condition Report, This lot does not have a condition report, if you would like further information, please click the 'Request A Condition Report’ button below. Request A Condition Report, Request A Condition Report

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