KANGXI/YONGZHENG PERIOD, CIRCA 1722-1730

This service was probably made for Sir John Lambert, who was created a baronet in 1711 and died in 1723, although it may possibly have been made for his eldest son, Sir John, 2nd baronet, which would date the service slightly later (see D. S. Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, vol. I, London, 1974, p. 206).