A Chinese armorial cream jug and cover c.1750

A Chinese armorial cream jug and cover c.1750, decorated with the Arms of Perceval, Earl of Egmont impaling Cecil, the cover painted with famille rose flowers in the European style, 14.5cm high. (2) Provenance: the Clifford Henderson collection, purchased from Heirloom and Howard in 2002. This service was made for the 1st Earl of Egmont whose grandson, Spencer Perceval, became the only British Prime MInister ever to be assassinated, in 1812.