A WORCESTER TRANSFER-PRINTED COFFEE-CUP with grooved loop handle, printed in sepia with a scene from the Italian Comedy showing Harlequin and Columbine seated beside a table being surprised by Perriot, circa 1756

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A WORCESTER TRANSFER-PRINTED COFFEE-CUP with grooved loop handle, printed in sepia with a scene from the Italian Comedy showing Harlequin and Columbine seated beside a table being surprised by Perriot, circa 1756

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Perhaps derived from an engraving by Cochin fils after Watteau, see Aubrey J. Toppin, E.C.C. Transactions, Vol. 2, 1948, pl. CIII. See also lot 35 showing the same print on a creamware coffee-cup