Period:Qing dynasty Production date:1750-1770 (circa)
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, painted,
Dimensions:Diameter: 7.60 centimetres Height: 4 centimetres
Description:
‘Famille rose’ teacup with the motto and emblem of an English patriotic society. The patron saint of England, St. George, is depicted on this cup wearing 18th-century costume, riding a white horse, and thrusting his lance into a shield of French fleurs-de-lis. Above this scene is a crest with Britannia seated, leaning against a shield with the British colours, holding an olive branch and a spear, surrounded by six flags. The supporters are a lion with a human face on the left and a double-headed eagle on the right. Below is the motto ‘FOR OUR COUNTRY’. The other side of the cup is decorated with a spray of flowers and the inner rim with a spearhead border.
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![图片[1]-cup BM-Franks.1415-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00359122_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-cup BM-Franks.1415-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00299008_001.jpg)
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Comments:Harrison-Hall and Krahl 1994:This pseudo-armorial design belongs to the Anti-Gallican Society, a masonic-style patriotic organization founded in London in 1745, with headquarters at Lebeck’s Head, The Strand, London, and branches in the country. The Society was founded to oppose the French nation who threatened war. According to a contemporary storybook ‘The society of Anti-Gallicans was so-called from the Endeavours of its Members to promote the British Manufacturies, to extend the Commerce of England and discourage the introducing of French Modes, and oppose the importation of French Commodities’ (The Anti-Gallican Privateer, 1757, p. 4). In this context St. George represents the triumph of England over France. This pseudo-armorial design was used in a variety of ways. It appears, for example, on periodicals and songs which the Society published, and is similarly found without the supporters around the title of a map called ‘A Chart of the Harbour of Corunna’ of 1758 which is preserved in the British Library (no. 1103.f.l6). Other Chinese porcelains with the same device include a punchbowl in the Freemasons Hall Museum, London (Hervouet and Bruneau, 1986, no. 14.19) and a teapoy in a private collection (Howard, 1974, p. 487). Besides the present cup and BM Franks. 1414, at least three other different Anti-Gallican designs exist, with different borders (Howard, 1974, pp. 370, 390, 945).
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, painted,
Dimensions:Diameter: 7.60 centimetres Height: 4 centimetres
Description:
‘Famille rose’ teacup with the motto and emblem of an English patriotic society. The patron saint of England, St. George, is depicted on this cup wearing 18th-century costume, riding a white horse, and thrusting his lance into a shield of French fleurs-de-lis. Above this scene is a crest with Britannia seated, leaning against a shield with the British colours, holding an olive branch and a spear, surrounded by six flags. The supporters are a lion with a human face on the left and a double-headed eagle on the right. Below is the motto ‘FOR OUR COUNTRY’. The other side of the cup is decorated with a spray of flowers and the inner rim with a spearhead border.
IMG
Comments:Harrison-Hall and Krahl 1994:This pseudo-armorial design belongs to the Anti-Gallican Society, a masonic-style patriotic organization founded in London in 1745, with headquarters at Lebeck’s Head, The Strand, London, and branches in the country. The Society was founded to oppose the French nation who threatened war. According to a contemporary storybook ‘The society of Anti-Gallicans was so-called from the Endeavours of its Members to promote the British Manufacturies, to extend the Commerce of England and discourage the introducing of French Modes, and oppose the importation of French Commodities’ (The Anti-Gallican Privateer, 1757, p. 4). In this context St. George represents the triumph of England over France. This pseudo-armorial design was used in a variety of ways. It appears, for example, on periodicals and songs which the Society published, and is similarly found without the supporters around the title of a map called ‘A Chart of the Harbour of Corunna’ of 1758 which is preserved in the British Library (no. 1103.f.l6). Other Chinese porcelains with the same device include a punchbowl in the Freemasons Hall Museum, London (Hervouet and Bruneau, 1986, no. 14.19) and a teapoy in a private collection (Howard, 1974, p. 487). Besides the present cup and BM Franks. 1414, at least three other different Anti-Gallican designs exist, with different borders (Howard, 1974, pp. 370, 390, 945).
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