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A GRISAILLE 'ALTAR OF LOVE' PART TEA SERVICE
CIRCA 1750
Each piece painted with a pair of lovebirds perched on Cupid's empty quiver near the flaming altar, beneath drapery swags and a scroll and shell border, comprising:
A teapot, cover and stand
A cream jug and cover
A tea caddy and a cover
A sugar bowl and cover, tiny rim chip, 4 7/8in. (12.4cm.) diam.
A waste bowl, restuck rim break, 5½in. (14cm.) diam.
Eight teabowls and nine saucers, crack to one bowl, one with restuck rim break (23)
CIRCA 1750
Each piece painted with a pair of lovebirds perched on Cupid's empty quiver near the flaming altar, beneath drapery swags and a scroll and shell border, comprising:
A teapot, cover and stand
A cream jug and cover
A tea caddy and a cover
A sugar bowl and cover, tiny rim chip, 4 7/8in. (12.4cm.) diam.
A waste bowl, restuck rim break, 5½in. (14cm.) diam.
Eight teabowls and nine saucers, crack to one bowl, one with restuck rim break (23)