$800
Estimate: $800 - $1,200
English & Continental Furniture & Decorative Arts
Auction: October 7, 2014 11:00:00 AM EDT
Oval form, mounted with upturned handles, finely painted to the rim with vignettes depicting Chinese figures, animals and fish, the interior with floral sprays encircling a central medallion with a banner bearing the Clan Moffat motto Spero Meliora above an eagle and the stylized letter L, the sides with two further medallions, the undertray similarly decorated.
H: 5, W: 10 1/4, D: 9 1/4 in.Provenance: From the collection of Dr. Morris Shelanski, Philadelphia, PA.