ELEVEN CHAMBERLAIN'S WORCESTER IMARI TEACUPS AND SAUCERS

CIRCA 1815, IRON-RED PATTERN NO. 623 TO EACH PIECE

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ELEVEN CHAMBERLAIN'S WORCESTER IMARI TEACUPS AND SAUCERS
CIRCA 1815, IRON-RED PATTERN NO. 623 TO EACH PIECE
The cups with everted lips and scroll ring handles, painted in underglaze blue and enameled in iron-red, green, turquoise and enriched in gilt in the 'New Nelson' pattern, the lower portion of the cup and center of the saucer with flowering plants issuing from a two-handled urn within a fenced garden, the wide border with wide panels of similar flowers separated by narrow panels of iron-red centered gilt Mon
5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm.) diameter, the saucers (22)

Lot Essay

See Geoffrey A. Godden, Chamberlain-Worcester Porcelain 1788-1852, London, 1982, p. 324, fig. 425 for a coffee-cup with the same distinctive everted lip and ring handle as the present teacups and p. 326 for a description of the pattern number and its cost. The £10,10 noted put it at the high end of the price scale, confirmed by the richness of the decoration on the present set of teacups and saucers.

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