Details
A Chinese armorial coffee cup and saucer
painted in famille rose enamels with a central crest surmounted by a lion holding an ear of wheat beneath the motto 'Gratitudo' within spearhead borders -- the saucer 4in. (12cms) diam, Qianlong, (restoration to saucer and handle).
See Illustration5i.
The arms are of Bigland. See 'Chinese Armorial Porcelain', D.S Howard, page 508.
painted in famille rose enamels with a central crest surmounted by a lion holding an ear of wheat beneath the motto 'Gratitudo' within spearhead borders -- the saucer 4in. (12cms) diam, Qianlong, (restoration to saucer and handle).
See Illustration5i.
The arms are of Bigland. See 'Chinese Armorial Porcelain', D.S Howard, page 508.