Beschreibung:

West Pans Porcelain Tapering Cylinderical Armorial Inkwell Circa 1765, unmarked Of cylindrical form with tapering shoulder, the central well with a fugitive inscription 'WILLm DICK', above a painted blazon of a sailing ship in distress, beneath a motto banner inscribed 'SPES INFRACTA', the sides painted with roses and other flowers, the shoulder pierced with three apertures to hold quills, the well and neck with an iron-red line. Height 2 3/4 inches, diameter 3 1/8 inches . William de Dick, the ancestral head of the Scottish clan Dick, was the first magistrate in Edinburgh in 1296. The family motto translates as 'Hope goes Unbroken'. Another West Pans inkwell was in the Watney Collection, sold Phillips, London, 1 November 2000, . C Estate of Sarah Belk Gambrell
Hairline cracks to shoulder, chip to well, wear to decoration, rims and inscriptions.