Details
Four Worcester chinoiserie coffee cups
one painted with a mother carrying child on a boat, a figure on the shore holding a cradle out to them, on a iron red scale ground reserved with panels painted in pink; another depicting an old man having his feet massaged by a boy, before a trellis, on a gilt scroll ground reserved with panels of landscapes and flowers; and two similar cups painted with figures, circa 1765-70 (slight wear)
See illustration (4)
one painted with a mother carrying child on a boat, a figure on the shore holding a cradle out to them, on a iron red scale ground reserved with panels painted in pink; another depicting an old man having his feet massaged by a boy, before a trellis, on a gilt scroll ground reserved with panels of landscapes and flowers; and two similar cups painted with figures, circa 1765-70 (slight wear)
See illustration (4)
Literature
H. Rissik Marshall, Coloured Worcester of the First Period (Newport 1954), no. 362 for a teapot with a similar design to the first item.