A Limehouse blue and white cup

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A Limehouse blue and white cup
of quatrefoil section and flared and fluted form, with a branch-moulded handle issuing flowering branches, enirched in cobalt, the interior with a band of flowers and foliage, circa 1745-8 (chip to rim issuing hairline cracks, some minor damages, wear and fritting)

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Lot Essay

A similar lot sold in these rooms lot 9, 9th February 1995

C.f English Blue and White Porcelain of the 18th Century, Dr. Bernard Watney, plate 45C, for a similar example

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