A Chinese Export Famille Rose Mug, Qianlong, enamelled with a central coat-of-arms of Mercer of Aldie surmounted by a crest and flanked by feathery fronds, inscribed The Grit Poul and bearing the motto Crux Christi Nostra Corona, 13.5cm high Provenance: From a West Sussex EstateA plate with this armorial is illustrated in David Sanctuary Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, Vol 1 (1974) p.536. The family descends from John Mercer, Provost of Perth and Ambassador to England and France in 1376Condition Report: hair crack in rim approximately 2.5cm long and another 2cm long in same area and minor rim frits to rim and handle and firing blemishes