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Chinese porcelain plate with images of Highland soldiers, made for the European market

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Chinese porcelain plate with images of Highland soldiers, made for the European market
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Chinese plate of hard-paste porcelain, made for export to Europe, decorated with paintings of soldiers of the Black Watch (42nd) Regiment. The paintings are copied from well-known prints, made when men of the regiment were convicted of mutiny in 1743.

Prints of the mutineers were produced across the world, because the kilt and bagpipes fascinated people, and must have been copied by the Chinese artist. Versions of these prints soon appeared linked to the Jacobite cause, although there is nothing to suggest that the mutiny was Jacobite-inspired.

The Black Watch, then known as Sempill's Regiment, had been raised to serve within Britain and the mutiny took place when the regiment was sent to fight abroad.

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