Lot Essay
Cf. John Twitchett, Derby Porcelain (1980), p. 124, pl. 26.
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A Derby ice cup
in the Sèvres style, painted by William Billingsley with scattered pink roses, below meandering bands of roses between chased gilt lines, below blue and gilt drapery swags with chased-gilt pendant tassels and gilt dentil rim, painted puce mark, iron-red 7 for William Billingsley, gilder's 1 for Thomas Soar, Wm. Duesbury & Co., circa 1790 (light rubbing to gilding) -- 6.5cm. high
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in the Sèvres style, painted by William Billingsley with scattered pink roses, below meandering bands of roses between chased gilt lines, below blue and gilt drapery swags with chased-gilt pendant tassels and gilt dentil rim, painted puce mark, iron-red 7 for William Billingsley, gilder's 1 for Thomas Soar, Wm. Duesbury & Co., circa 1790 (light rubbing to gilding) -- 6.5cm. high
See illustration
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