Faience decorative box with coat of arms and lion pommel. Bulbous form on a pewter-mounted stand with four feet. Cobalt blue sheep fire decoration with coat of arms on the front and scrollwork and lambrequin ornamentation. Flat, slightly domed, hinged pewter lid in the centre, crowned by a sculpted lion with a shield as a pommel. Indistinct mark in blue. H. 20 cm. Provenance: Dissolution of an important German private collection - part II. A French pewter-mounted blue and white armorial faience box and cover with lion's figure. Indistinctly marked. France. 18th or 19th century.