Description
A Chinese armorial tea canister and cover c.1755, each side decorated with the arms of Poley impaling Coffin, the narrower sides with parrots perched on foliate scrolls, the cover surmounted with a gilt lion dog finial, 11.8cm. (2)
Provenance: the Clifford Henderson collection.
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.
