Lot Essay
Cf. a lobed coffee-cup of this rare form painted with European flowers, from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Raison, sold on these Rooms in 20 October 1986, lot 126
Details
A CHELSEA FLUTED COFFEE-CUP, painted in the Vincennes style with a tree and woodland plants among rockwork and beside a fence, the reverse with a butterfly, with brown line everted waved rim, the scroll handle enriched with scroll ornament in puce and iron-red (slight rubbing to enamel on rim), circa 1750
7.5cm. high
7.5cm. high
Literature
Margaret Legge, op. cit., col. pl. p.24, no. 15
Exhibited
Flowers and Fables, no. 15