SEVEN CHINESE EXPORT 'RED ROVER' 'ORANGE FITZHUGH PATTERN PLATES, QING DYNASTY, DAOGUANG PERIOD, CIRCA 1830

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Inscribed with the name of the ship 'RED ROVER' in a buckle cartouche within orange 'Fitzhugh' borders incorporating butterflies Diameter: 20cm The Red Rover was the first of the British Opium Clippers, built in Calcutta in 1829. The owner was William Clifton. In 1832 Jardine Matheson & Co. bought shares in her These plates are from an unusual service of Chinese porcelain made about 1830 for the fast ‘country’ clipper Red Rover, built in 1829. The broad beamed East Indiamen had proved themselves unable to sail against the strong headwinds in the Winter monsoon up the China Seas, but in 1829 the enterprising Captain William Clifton built the first clipper barque on the Hugli River in India. For many years the vessel broke all records on the round trip to Canton. Red Rover made the first full journey in the unheardof time of eighty-six days, making three round trips a year possible and revolutionising the tempo of the trade. The barque carried opium to Canton and returned with Chinese silks, porcelain, furniture etc. By 1834 Jardine Matheson & Co. had acquired a half share in the vessel and later bought the other half from Captain William Clifton.

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