A Chinese Export Porcelain Armorial Coffee Pot and Tableware

18th century, coffee pot is hand painted in cobalt blue with gold featuring a crest with a gold flower with ribbon above, edges with trim in same blue and gold color scheme, cover topped with a pomegranate and leaves, braided handle (nick to spout; loss to gilt on handles, finial, and spout; small area of repair and repainting to cover rim), and four bowls and two dishes hand painted with the same bands of decoration cobalt blue and gilt and crest with initials and topped with two birds above (three bowls with a hairline crack; one dish with rim chip and hairline crack; pitting and discoloration on surface of both).
Tallest 9.25 in.
The Estate of the late Betsy J. Sykes, Raleigh, NC
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