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An inscribed Chinese export tankard
Body: Porcelain
Factory: Chinese - Jingdezhen
Date: c 1780
Mark: None
Chinese export tankard inscribed Thomas and Elizabeth Newman, Norwich, February 26th 1785. English gilding was frequently added to export wares. This could have been done as a special order through a London dealer, or decorated locally in Norwich or at the Lowestoft works. The former seems more likely as several London wholesalers are known to have used local gilders, supplying the pieces subsequently to provincial chinamen.
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