Description
A Chinese armorial coffee cup and saucer c.1760, decorated with the arms of Lennox, Duke of Richmond and Lennox, within a gilt spearhead border, a small restored section to the saucer's rim, 11.7cm. (2)
Provenance: the Clifford Henderson collection. Purchased from Heirloom and Howard in 1990.
This service was made for Charles, 3rd Duke of Richmond and Lennox, great-great-grandson to Charles II, he carried the sceptre at the coronation of King George III and was an ambassador to the Court of France.
