A GEORGE III GOLD VASE AND COVER
BY CORNELIUS BLAND (FL. 1772-1796), LONDON, 1780
On square plinth with foliate scroll borders, the ovoid body on beaded spreading foot partly fluted and chased with drapery swags, the detachable cover with foliate scroll and rosette border, on a matted ground, and with flame finial, engraved with a coat-of-arms within oval cartouche, in fitted silk lined leather case, marked underneath, inside the body and on cover
the vase 4 3/4 in. (12 cm.) high
2 oz. 17 dwt. (90 gr.)
The arms are those of Brocas quartering des Roches impaling Hunter quartering Barnard, for Mrs Harriet Brocas (1742-1819), of Wokefield, Berkshire, daughter of Henry Lannoy Hunter (1709-1768) and widow of Bernard Brocas (d.1777), of Wokefield.
A GEORGE III GOLD VASE AND COVER
BY CORNELIUS BLAND (FL. 1772-1796), LONDON, 1780
On square plinth with foliate scroll borders, the ovoid body on beaded spreading foot partly fluted and chased with drapery swags, the detachable cover with foliate scroll and rosette border, on a matted ground, and with flame finial, engraved with a coat-of-arms within oval cartouche, in fitted silk lined leather case, marked underneath, inside the body and on cover
the vase 4 3/4 in. (12 cm.) high
2 oz. 17 dwt. (90 gr.)
The arms are those of Brocas quartering des Roches impaling Hunter quartering Barnard, for Mrs Harriet Brocas (1742-1819), of Wokefield, Berkshire, daughter of Henry Lannoy Hunter (1709-1768) and widow of Bernard Brocas (d.1777), of Wokefield.