Lot Essay
Cf. John Twitchett, Derby Porcelain (London 1980), p.151 pl.34, for a chocolate cup painted with a very similar rose spray
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A chocolate cup painted by William Billingsley
possibly Coalport porcelain, with a broad band of flowers including roses, petunias and tulips, on a gilt ground reserved within bands of meandering foliage, circa 1799 (large piece broken and restuck and two cracks, slight wear) -- 8.4cm. highSee illustration
possibly Coalport porcelain, with a broad band of flowers including roses, petunias and tulips, on a gilt ground reserved within bands of meandering foliage, circa 1799 (large piece broken and restuck and two cracks, slight wear) -- 8.4cm. highSee illustration