Tankard, Qianlong c.1770, with the arms of Candler(?) impaling Whichcott
A Qianlong tankard, c.1770, with the arms probably of Candler (with tinctures incorrect) impaling Whichcott of London and Kent, for which family a baronetcy, now extinct, was created in 1660.
The Candler family of Callan Castle in Co. Kilkenny are descended from Col. William Candler, given a grant of land during the Cromwellian plantations. Of this family was Henry Candler DD, Archdeacon of Ossory, who married Frances Hood, sister of the Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, and died in 1757 leaving two sons. However, no marriage has yet been found between these two families.
This border design (catagorised as Style R7 in Chinese Armorial Porcelain) is distinguished by a cell-diaper border, scrollwork around the armorial at the front, and cartouches containing flowers at the back by the handle, was particularly adapted for tankards and punch bowls in the 1765-1770 period with about twenty armorial services recorded with this decoration.
Provenance: currently being sold from the Phil Cooke Collection (with collection label number 872).
Reference : Howard, David S.; Chinese Armorial Porcelain, Volume I, p.592 where this actual piece is illustrated. It will again be illustrated in a forthcoming colour edition of this work.
Condition : Small chip and half inch haircrack consolidated at the back and virtually invisible.
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