A Worcester quatrefoil coffee-cup
A Worcester quatrefoil coffee-cup

CIRCA 1753

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A Worcester quatrefoil coffee-cup
Circa 1753
The crisply-potted body of flared form and with double-scroll handle, painted with an elegant Oriental holding a parasol, flanked by flowering shrubs issuing from rockwork, one with a bird in its branches
2 in. (6.5 cm.) high

Lot Essay

Cf. the example sold in these Rooms, 2 November 1981, lot 46. See also the example exhibited by Albert Amor Ltd., Worcester Porcelain, The First Decade 1751-1761, 5th - 25th June, 1981, no. 29 and the example illustrated by Simon Spero and John Sandon, op. cit. (1996), p. 83, no. 28.

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