Tankard, c.1800, with the arms of Snodgrass. Made for Thomas Snodgrass ‘of Madras and Blackheath’ a tax collector in the employ of the East India Company in India, who enjoyed a lavish lifestyle and was a constant irritation to them.
Provenance: The Weld Collection
Reference : Howard, David S.; Chinese Armorial Porcelain, Volume I, p. 727
Condition : Long curving crack at side, sealed but still visible; handle break also sealed.
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