A rare Worcester 'trial' coffee cup c.1768-70

A rare Worcester 'trial' coffee cup c.1768-70, painted with an armorial shield within simple purple scrollwork, to either side a finely painted flower sprig respectively numbered 'No. 2' and 'No. 3', 6.3cm high.

Paper labels for the Zorensky Collection, the Sir Jeremy Lever Collection and the Crane Collection.

Exhibited: The English Ceramic Circle, Armorials Exhibition, 2008.

The flower painting on this cup shows a good degree of realism compared to the usual factory output. No other item of Worcester porcelain is known with similar trial numbers.