A Chinese porcelain armorial custard cup and cover Qianlong c.1795

A Chinese porcelain armorial custard cup and cover Qianlong c.1795, decorated with the arms of Francis, Earl Annesley, the cover with a gilt and blue vine garland, the crest supported by a Roman Knight and a Moorish Prince above the motto Virtutis Amore, a chip to the inside footrim, 8.5cm. (2)

Francis Annesley, the 1st Earl of Annesley and 2nd Viscount Glenawly was born in 1740 and created an earl in 1789. He died in 1802. Cf. David Sanctuary Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, Vol. I, F11, p.280.

Provenance: from the estate of the late Peter James Rankin.