Paire de tasses et soucoupes en porcelaine de Chine famille rose armoriée aux armes de Pringle of Whytbank, Qianlong

Dia.: 12 cm (the saucer)
H.: 6,5 cm (the cup)

Ref:
- Bonhams, London, June 20, 2006, lot 78, for another cup and saucer from this service. (link)
- D.S.Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, p.560, pl.Q6, for more from this service.
The arms are of a cadet branch of Pringle of Whytbank.This family descended from Whitsun in Berwickshire and Alexander Pringle of Whytbank. The service is supposed to have been made for Patrick Pringle who was one of four sons of Alexander. Patrick was a surgeon in the East India Company and died unmarried in Arcot, India in November 1787.