Three Chinese Export Armorial Coffee Cups and a Bowl Circa 1730

comprising: a bowl and coffee cup with the arms of Hyde quartering another; and two coffee cups painted with the arms of Husbands.

Bowl – has a 2 ½ inch haircrack running down from the rim. Coffee cup en suite – has several small restored rim chips, one issuing a 3/8 inch haircrack Pair of coffee cups – both are in good condition
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Samuel Hyde, for whom the bowl and coffee cup was made, was a director of the East India Company from 1734 to 1747. See Howard, 1974, Vol. I, p. 254, no. E12 and p. 255, no. E13.