Description: Chinese Export Basset armorial porcelain tankard Qianlong period, circa 1780, oversized mug form, decorated with arms of BASSET impaling COXE above motto PRO REGE ET POPULO; H5 3/4" D4 1/2"
Provenance: Estate of Richard & Katherine Leach, River Run Farm, Saratoga Springs, New York
Literature: Howard, David S. CHINESE ARMORIAL PORCELAIN. London: Faber & Faber, 1974, p.647
Other Notes: The arms are of Basset of Tehidy in Cornwall and of Devonshire. In 1779 Francis Basset was created Baron of Dunstanville. He married Frances Susanna Coxe of Ston Easton, Somerset.
See Christie's-London 9 Dec. 2011, lot 401; and Sotheby's-New York, 21-23 Nov. 2014 the Mellon Collection, lot 600 for pieces from this sample service.