Each piece painted with the arms of Jeaffreson impaling Dayrell within bamboo and flower bands and flower garlands at the rim, comprising:
Two octagonal soup tureens, covers and stands
Two small octagonal platters
Twelve soup plates
Thirty-six plates
A teapot and cover
A helmet-shaped cream-jug
Ten coffee-cups
Ten teabowls
Ten saucers
A saucer dish
14¹⁄₂ in. (36.7 cm.) long, the soup tureen stands

The Chinese Porcelain Co., New York and Earle D. Vandekar (the tea and coffee elements).
Philip Suval, New York (twelve plates and the soup tureens).
Acquired by Annie Laurie Crawford, later Aitken (1900-1984) from the above.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 28-29 October 1988, lot 46 (twelve plates).
Acquired by Irene Roosevelt Aitken from the above.

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The present service was made for Christopher Jeaffreson (d. 1789) of Dullington, Cambridgeshire and his wife Sarah Dayrell. See D.S. Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, vol. II, Wiltshire, 2003, p. 452 for another coffee-cup from this service and a further discussion of the family.

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The condition of lots can vary widely and the nature of the lots sold means that they are unlikely to be in a perfect condition. Lots are sold in the condition they are in at the time of sale.

Generally in good order; light wear to the enamels and gilding; some light scratches and surface wear; small imperfections in the making; some small scattered chips; further condition information and sizes below:
Two octagonal soup tureens, covers and stands, 14¹⁄₂ in. long, the stands—Overall in good condition; one cover with a small chip to its inner flange; one tureen with a small star glaze crack to the side of the interior (does not appear to go through) and with one rabbit’s ear restored.

Two small octagonal platters, 10 in. long—Good condition.

Twelve soup plates, 9 in. diameter—Present well; a few very slight/tiny chips to the underside of rims; one plate a bit overfired in the making and with a large chip to its footrim (not visible when placed); one with a restored rim chip; two with a faint star crack to the underside; one with a long hairline crack running from the rim 2/3 across the plate; another with a faint stained crack (approx. 2 in.) to the center, a rim chip and a footrim chip.

Thirty-six plates, 9 in. diameter -- Most in good condition; a few small scattered chips, a few of these restored; one plate with a short fine rim hairline; one plate with a long stained hairline crack extending from the rim; one plate broken in three pieces and restored with old worn overpaint to the reverse.

A teapot and cover, 9¹⁄₄ in. long overall – Nice condition, some wear to the gilding on the spout/handle.

A helmet-shaped cream-jug, 6 in. high—The handle and back half of the rim restuck.

Ten coffee-cups, 2¹⁄₂ in. high—Generally in good order; one with restored handle; one with a restuck section of its handle.

Ten teabowls, 3 in. diameter—Most in good condition; a few tiny chips/nicks; two cups with restored chips; one cup with a hairline crack to the rim.

Ten saucers, 4³⁄₄ in. diameter—One with a faint Y-crack to the underside; three with a short rim hairline crack, one of these also with restored rim chips; one with a tiny rim chip

A saucer dish, 6 in. diameter—Good condition, a tiny nick to the rim.

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