Prosperity to the County of Cheshire: massive export bowl sells at £43,000
Previously on loan to the Grosvenor Museum, Chester, this unusually large Jiaqing (1796-1820) period export porcelain punch bowl decorated with the Cholmondeley of Vale Royal coat of arms sold for £43,000 at nearby Saltney saleroom Byrne’s this week.
Thomas Cholmondeley (1767-1855), second cousin to William Pitt the Younger, continued a long family …