Lot Essay
Cf. Gerald Coke, In Search of James Giles (1983), p. 191, pl. 19a.
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CIRCA 1770, THE SAUCER WITH BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND 9 MARK
Details
A Worcester coffee-cup, teabowl and saucer
Circa 1770, the saucer with blue crossed swords and 9 mark
Painted in the atelier of James Giles with specimen birds perched on trailing branches between gilt line rims (the saucer with glaze blemish between bird's legs, and minute rubbing to gilt rim of saucer) (3)
Circa 1770, the saucer with blue crossed swords and 9 mark
Painted in the atelier of James Giles with specimen birds perched on trailing branches between gilt line rims (the saucer with glaze blemish between bird's legs, and minute rubbing to gilt rim of saucer) (3)