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CIRCA 1760, THE FIRST WITH GOLD ANCHOR MARK
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A Chelsea coffee-cup and a Chinese (London-decorated) coffee-cup
Circa 1760, the first with gold anchor mark
The first with scroll-moulded handle with thumbpiece and gilt scroll-moulded rim, painted with butterflies and insects in flight around gooseberries, cherries and a strawberry (wear to gilding); the second perhaps decorated in the London atelier of James Giles with exotic birds in flight and perched on rockwork (2)
Circa 1760, the first with gold anchor mark
The first with scroll-moulded handle with thumbpiece and gilt scroll-moulded rim, painted with butterflies and insects in flight around gooseberries, cherries and a strawberry (wear to gilding); the second perhaps decorated in the London atelier of James Giles with exotic birds in flight and perched on rockwork (2)
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