Armorial Porcelain Cup and Saucer with the Arms of Dalyell, Jingdezhen, China, c. 1773.

Armorial Porcelain Cup and Saucer with the Arms of Dalyell, Jingdezhen, China, c. 1773. The rim of cup and saucer edged with gilt rayonée border above floral swags painted in famille rose enamels, the well and frontispiece depicting heraldic achievement of DALYELL, with two lions supporting a shield bearing the arms, Or, a bend chequy sable and argent between three buckles; quartering Sable a naked man proper, a canton argent charged with a sword and pistol saltirewise gules, below the crest, A hand holding a scimitar proper and banner inscribed 'I dare', the banner below inscribed 'For right and reason' bisected by the badge of a baronet of Nova Scotia, inscribed with the motto, 'Fax mentis honestae gloria' (Glory is the light of a noble mind) in gold, (saucer) diam. 5, ht. 1 1/8 in. Footnotes: Provenance Circa Antiques, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 28 October 1981. Literature The service was commissioned as a wedding gift for Sir Robert Dalyell (d. 1791) of the Binns, Linlithgow, Scotland, and Elizabeth Graham of Gartmore, who married in 1773. David Sanctuary Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain (London: Faber & Faber, 1974), no. S6, p. 629. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing