CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN ARMORIAL TAZZA, PLATE AND SMALL PLATE WITH THE ARMS OF SIR JOHN LAMBERT
Circa 1722
Diameters 12 1/8, 10 1/2, 8 7/8 inches (30.8, 26.6, 22.5 cm)

Each is emblazoned with the arms of Sir John Lambert within gilt cellwork bands with four Lucky Things and scattered floral sprays.
Tazza: Sotheby's, London, 19 December 1967, lot 384, Spink & Son as agent
Plate: Sotheby's, London, 9 May 1972, lot 301
Small Plate: Jay Dorf Collection, sold Christie's, London, 17 October 1966, lot 3

SIMILAR EXAMPLE:
Howard and Ayers, China for the West, vol. 2, no. 406

ILLUSTRATED:
Oriental Ceramic Society, London, Transactions, 1967-69, vol. 37, "The Origins of Famille Rose", Sir Harry Garner, pl. 12

CONDITION:
Tazza with hair crack to foot, about 1 1/2 " (3.5 cm); plate with rim frits and large (2 mm) semi-circular rim chip; small plate with stwo small rim frits

Sir John Lambert was a Director of the South Sea Company and was created a Baronet, 16 February 1711