A CAUGHLEY OVIFORM TEAPOT AND COVER

CIRCA 1785-90

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A CAUGHLEY OVIFORM TEAPOT AND COVER
CIRCA 1785-90
The ribbed body painted en grisaille with the Prince of Wales feathers issuing from a gilt crown above the motto ICH DIEN within a gilt and blue oval seeded cartouche, gilt with trailing leafy branches below ribbon-tied swags and a blue and gilt guilloché border, within gilt lined rims, minute chipping, some rubbing to gilding
5¼ in. (13 cm.) high

Provenance

Courtenay Ilbert (1888-1956) and by descent to Michael Inchbald.

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Lot Essay

Caughley porcelain painted with royal subjects was frequently decorated by Chamberlain's enamellers and gilders. The account books for the factory show that an ornate service with the Prince of Wales's feathers was sent to Turner's London warehouse. On 9 April 1790 a tea and chocolate service which included two teapots decorated with 'Princes Feather' at a cost of £3 were delivered. See Geoffrey Godden, Caughley and Worcester Porcelains 1775-1800, London, 1969, pp. 76-77, fig. 73 for a large cup from the same service in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

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