AN ARMORIAL TEAPOT, COVER AND STAND

CIRCA 1720

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AN ARMORIAL TEAPOT, COVER AND STAND
CIRCA 1720
The arms of Pitt with Ridgeway in pretence above motto AMITIE
4 ½ in. (11.5 cm.) high, the teapot

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Lot Essay

Thomas Pitt of Blandford married Lady Frances Ridgeway in 1717 and was created Baron Londonderry in 1719. His father, a Governor of Fort St. George India, had fostered the family fortune when he sold an Indian diamond to the French royal family for a huge profit. See D.S. Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, vol. I, p. 184.

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