Lot Essay
Cf. Victoria and Albert Museum, English Ceramics Circle, Exhibition Catalogue, 1948, lent by Mr. & Mrs. T. M. Ragg
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A STAFFORDSHIRE SALTGLAZE COFFEE-CUP
CIRCA 1765
With reeded strap handle terminating in a fish-tail, moulded with arched flutes enamelled with iron-red trellis and mons alternating with colourful flowering branches beneath iron-red arches and pendant flowers and a spray of peony and flowering spigs, the interior with a border of diaper broken by panels of half flowerheads--3in. (7.5cm.) high
CIRCA 1765
With reeded strap handle terminating in a fish-tail, moulded with arched flutes enamelled with iron-red trellis and mons alternating with colourful flowering branches beneath iron-red arches and pendant flowers and a spray of peony and flowering spigs, the interior with a border of diaper broken by panels of half flowerheads--3in. (7.5cm.) high