Lot 1230
SEVENTH MADRAS CAVALRY:
a pair of English porcelain armorial breakfast cups and saucers, early 19th century, painted with an elephant beneath the regimental title and above a banner inscribed 'Assaye', on a cobalt blue, salmon pink and white ground, diameter of saucer 16.5cm (2)
Footnote: The Assaye battle honour was awarded by the Governor General of India to all East India Company battalions and British Army regiments that took part of the Battle of Assaye. The battle occurred on 23 September 1803, near the village of Assaye in western India where a small force under the command of Major General Arthur Wellesley defeated a 50,000 strong army of the Maratha Confederacy. The British and native troops were awarded the battle honour Assaye with the device of Elephant.
