Description:
Chinese export porcelain saucer, part of an assembled 18-piece teaset in pink, brown, orange, red, green, and black, which includes the teapot, canister with cover, cream pot, teapot stand, spoon tray, dish, 7 teacups, and 5 saucers. The saucer is decorated with a large three-masted, sailing ship with the Union Jack flying on the stern and a pennant flying from the top of the middle mast. This ship decoration is a standard design, possibly derived from a European print, which could be customized with the appropriate flag of any of the Western traders - in this case, for the English. These could then be readily made for the commander or super-cargo of an East Indiaman as a souvenir of a voyage to the East.
Subjects:
Pottery; Enamel and enameling; glaze (coating by location); polychrome; Porcelain Link to share this object record:
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