A group of Chinese Export Armorial Wares Circa 1726-1772

comprising: a helmet shaped cream jug with the arms of Pitt impaling Grenville; a hexagonal teapot stand with the arms of Cope impaling Manby; and a small plate with the arms of Yonge. 3 pieces.

The stand: There is a 3 by 2 inch star crack above the arms, and there is wear to the gilding around the rim. The small plate: There is a 3/4 inch by 3/4 inch V shaped piece made up on the rim at 3 o'clock, and there is a 4 1/2 by 2 inch c shaped section broken out of the rim at the opposite side and restored back in. The jug: the handle has been broken off and restored back on, the restoration extending across one corner of hte back of the rim. Minor wear to gilding.
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The cream jug was part of a service which belonged to William Pitt, the Prime Minister of England 1783 - 1801 and 1804 - 1806. See Howard, 1974, Vol. I, p. 404, no. O4; p. 562, no. Q7 and p. 209, no. D2.