A Chinese Export Armorial Tea Canister and a Cover Circa 1745

painted with the arms of Baillie impaling Gordon. Together with a coffee cup with the arms of Sparre, of Sweden. 3 pieces.

The coffee cup has a 1 1/4 inch hairline crack extending from the rim. The gilding is worn on the rim edge. The tea canister: please note the cover is probably not original to the piece. The cover is in good condition. The tea canister has some wear to the gilding around the base.
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Howard, 1974, p. 417, no. P7 illustrates a plate from the Baillie service.
The Sparre family was created Barons in 1647 by Queen Christina of Sweden, for the arms see Rietstap, 1965, Vol. II, p. 760.