Three Chinese Export Armorial Coffee Cups and Saucers Circa 1765, 1750, and 1745

comprising: a coffee cup and saucer with the arms of Tailyour (or Taylor); another with the arms of Malet, and another with the arms of Barnwell.

Barnwell: The saucer has a deep 1/8 inch chip on the rim and an associated ½ inch haircrack. There are two one inch starcracks in the center. The cup has a 1/8 inch rim chip to the inner rim and several small pinhead rim frits and chips to the rim. Taylor: The saucer is in good condition with slight stacking wear. The cup has a shallow ¼ inch chip inside the rim and a crack around the upper handle that joins the body. Malet: The saucer has three 1/8 inch rim chips and a pinhead rimchip. The cup is in good condition.
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See Howard, 2003, Vol. II, p. 362, no. P22; p. 346, no. P20; and Howard, 1974, Vol. I, p. 416, no. P6.