A fine Chinese armorial coffee pot and cover c.1755

A fine Chinese armorial coffee pot and cover c.1755, painted to both sides with the arms of Poley impaling Coffin, within scattered famille rose floral sprays, and vignettes of brightly coloured parrots perched on scrolls, the domed cover surmounted with a fruit finial, 23cm high. (2) Provenance: the Clifford Henderson collection. Purchased from Heirloom and Howard in 1991. This service was probably made for the grandson of Sir John Poley of Bury. His other ancestor, Sir William Coffin, was Master of the Horse at King Henry VIII's marriage to Anne Boleyn.