Period:Qing dynasty Production date:1750-1760 (circa)
Materials:porcelain, gold,
Technique:painted, gilded,
Subjects:fruit
Dimensions:Diameter: 13 centimetres
Description:
‘Famille rose’ cup and saucer, perhaps made for the Scottish market. The tea cup and saucer show the stern of a battleship with a row of guns which protrude from under pink flaps on the lower deck. Supporting a pink crown above, which rests on a heart pierced with two golden arrows, are Neptune, the Roman god of the sea, with a trident and wearing a crown, and a monkey with a sword. In the centre is an elaborately entwined gold monogram (HMKJF), and the rim border is a scrolling grape vine.
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![图片[1]-saucer BM-Franks.894.+-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00358603_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-saucer BM-Franks.894.+-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00358197_001.jpg)
![图片[3]-saucer BM-Franks.894.+-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00299984_001.jpg)
Comments:Harrison-Hall & Krahl 1994:The monogram is very difficult to decipher but the letters it contains have been interpreted as H, M, K, J and F and are taken to stand for the words ‘His Majesty King James in France’ (Howard, 1974, p. 274). This may refer to James Stuart (1688-1766), ‘the Old Pretender”, a claimant to the throne of England and Scotland who was living in exile in France and whose supporters rebelled in 1745. This service may have been ordered by a supporter of James Stuart, and it is believed that the design has deliberately been left obscure since open support for him would have been dangerous.Howard 1974; p. 274; saucer only.
Materials:porcelain, gold,
Technique:painted, gilded,
Subjects:fruit
Dimensions:Diameter: 13 centimetres
Description:
‘Famille rose’ cup and saucer, perhaps made for the Scottish market. The tea cup and saucer show the stern of a battleship with a row of guns which protrude from under pink flaps on the lower deck. Supporting a pink crown above, which rests on a heart pierced with two golden arrows, are Neptune, the Roman god of the sea, with a trident and wearing a crown, and a monkey with a sword. In the centre is an elaborately entwined gold monogram (HMKJF), and the rim border is a scrolling grape vine.
IMG
Comments:Harrison-Hall & Krahl 1994:The monogram is very difficult to decipher but the letters it contains have been interpreted as H, M, K, J and F and are taken to stand for the words ‘His Majesty King James in France’ (Howard, 1974, p. 274). This may refer to James Stuart (1688-1766), ‘the Old Pretender”, a claimant to the throne of England and Scotland who was living in exile in France and whose supporters rebelled in 1745. This service may have been ordered by a supporter of James Stuart, and it is believed that the design has deliberately been left obscure since open support for him would have been dangerous.Howard 1974; p. 274; saucer only.
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