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<p>[QUOTE="bluumz, post: 91298, member: 649"]Thank you, Cheryl!!</p><p>I had been investigating the pelican, rather than swan, idea but hadn't gotten anywhere. You've hit the nail on the head. Here's a 19th C etching of Richard Foxe with the various coats of arms he has used, depending on his association. It includes his personal coat of arms, which appears to be what's on my set of cups/saucers. So... the c&s sets were perhaps a purchase by a Corpus Christi member/alumnus, or a descendant of Foxe...?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]23177[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bluumz, post: 91298, member: 649"]Thank you, Cheryl!! I had been investigating the pelican, rather than swan, idea but hadn't gotten anywhere. You've hit the nail on the head. Here's a 19th C etching of Richard Foxe with the various coats of arms he has used, depending on his association. It includes his personal coat of arms, which appears to be what's on my set of cups/saucers. So... the c&s sets were perhaps a purchase by a Corpus Christi member/alumnus, or a descendant of Foxe...? [ATTACH=full]23177[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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