A Pair of Copeland Turquoise-Ground Crested Jardinieres, probably by James Weaver, Circa 1870
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April 5, 05:09 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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A Pair of Copeland Turquoise-Ground Crested Jardinieres, probably by James Weaver, Circa 1870
of square section, the shaped rim with gilt chinese-style ornamental borders reserved on a pink-ground, each finely painted with a crest of a male figure holding a sheath of arrows in one hand and pointing to a crown with this other hand, above a laurel wreath, and the gilt motto 'THIS I'LL DEFEND' on a pink ribbon, affixed at the sides with scroll and gilt-laurel form handles, the sides and versos with painted cartouches in raised enamels with hummingbirds, butterflies and exotic flowering plants, upon a rich turquoise-ground, printed COPELAND below interlaced CC cypher in green, impressed COPELAND marks to underside of foot edge
height 9 1/2 in.
24.1 cm
Charles Weaver trained at Worcester from about 1853 until he joined Copelands in 1869, where he worked on special productions until 1877.
The crest is associated to the Scottish Clan MacFarlane. Macfarlane claim descent from Giolchrist brother of the 13th Earl of Lennox, who held territories at the head of Loch Lomond. The Macfarlanes distinguished themselves at the Battle of Langside in 1568 fighting against Queen Mary. The crest as it was originally designed, consists of a demi-savage holding a sheaf of arrows in his raised dexter (right) hand and pointing to the crown of James VI with his sinister (left) hand.
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