Description
Dia.: 22,5 cm
The arms are of Captain Harry Gough of Perry Hall, Staffordshire, with those of his wife, Elizabeth Hynde of Madingley Hall, Cambridgeshire. They married in 1719. Gough had previously commissioned Chinese porcelain, and this marriage was commemorated with four blue and white services.
Ref.:
- Sotheby's New York, 25 April 2008, lot 10 for a related tankard. (sold USD 21.250,00) (link)
- For the arms, see D.S. Howard, 'Chinese Armorial Porcelain', vol. I, p. 166.
Lot 889
A rare Chinese Imari-style armorial soup plate with the arms of Gough impaling Hynde for the English market, Kangxi, ca. 1720
Hammer price incl. commission
€ 4.420
This lot was sold on 19 June 2025 and is no longer available
