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Premier Auction | May 19, 2023

Fri, May 19, 2023 09:00AM EDT
Lot 609

Chinese Export Porcelain Armorial Teapot, Verney and Heath

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

circa 1720, with coat of arms Verney with Heath in pretense, banner reading "Vertue Vaunceth", rouge de fer and gold decoration, lid in matching design, 5-3/8 x 7 in. 

Note: Similar example pictured in David Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, Volume I, p. 200. 

Condition

anomalies and pinholes, loss to gilt, surface anomaly which fluoresces across body, possible retouch (see blacklight) 

Estate of Lynda Miller Lipscomb, Charleston, South Carolina