Show I 1 III british coat of cf arms in chinese art copied on porcelain ordered from east english coat of arms on chinese porcelains ains says the amerle american anander an ander son news are explained by the fact that in I 1 the he eighteenth century when chinese porcelains ains were highly prized in england 1 table services decorated wit with ii armorial bearings were extremely fas fashionable blo so it eline came about that orders for armorial I 1 amo rial services were given yen chinese manufactories manu factories through the various east indies companies and sketches of family arms were sent out to the east they were deftly copied on porcelain sometimes so conscientiously that the comments W written ritten in for guidance of the foreign artist were incorporated an analo analogy y to the old story of the tailor who carefully copied in the new garments the patches from the worn model these armorial specimens were at one time in error attributed to the small english factory at Lowe lowestoft evidence of the date the substance of the porcelain and the technique of tile the glaze with the coloring and gliding gilding chiara et chinese has established the fallacy of tills this bellef belief the dates of these oriental armorial services frequently coincide with tile warrine marriage of tile owners which leads to the inference that when not ordered direct they may have beer been sent ns as wedding gifts from relatives and friends with east bast indian associations cl ciati ons after 1820 in view of the increased excellence of porcelain manufactured at the worcester factory importation of armorial services from the orient came to an end |