The baluster form tankard painted in famille rose enamels and gilt

with a breadfruit tree beside two flaming hearts on the altar of love,

two kissing doves perched on a Cupid's bow and a quiver of arrows,
and a gilt flower-draped trellis work,

all below an elaborate shell and scroll gilt upper border
the flaring footim with gilt flowerhead and scroll decoration;
the loop handle ending in a heart

Condition : Excellent

Height : 5.5"

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Portrait of Lord Anson, Thomas Hudson, before 1748,

Royal Museums Greenwich UK

The "Valentine" Pattern is dedicated to love and was originally given to

Commodore George Anson
on his circumnavigation of the world in 1743 –
one of the most arduous voyages in the history of sea adventures.

Begun in 1740, its original purpose

was to attack Spanish possessions in South America during the war of Jenkins' Ear.

The mission failed, losing both ships and crew – the crew even mutinying off the west coast of Chili (1741).

Anson eventually collected all that remained onto his ship Centurion,

and with perseverance, continued westward across the Pacific.

Excessive scurvy and ship leakages forced a refuge on the small island of Tinian, near Saipan (1742).

There his crews found (and brought back) the nourishing breadfruit, of later fame in the Bounty's mutiny.

Continuing the westward journey, in 1743, he harbored at Canton (China),

where he and his men were instrumental in saving Canton from a fire

which would otherwise have destroyed the entire city.

In recognition, a porcelain service – known as "Valentine Pattern" - was commissioned for Anson,
depicting items drawn from the sketches of his "resident artist" on that voyage.

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Chinese Export Porcelain Tankard, Valentine Pattern', Early Qianlong, c1745-50 

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