A CHINESE EXPORT SCOTTISH MARKET ARMORIAL PORCELAIN TEA CANISTER, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1740 - 1750 清 乾隆苏格兰家族纹章瓷茶罐及杯一组 The lobed baluster body rising from a short spreading foot moulded with a high relief foliate scroll band, painted to the front face with the arms of ‘The Belsches of Tofts’, the reverse with a peony spray Together with a Spode replacement plate of the same service (2) Height: 10.5cm Length: 7cm For a plate from this Scottish-market service, see David Sanctuary Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, Vol.2, p.289, where the author suggests a date of c.1740.