A rare Vauxhall armorial coffee cup, c.1756-60, possibly decorated in the London atelier of James

A rare Vauxhall armorial coffee cup, c.1756-60, possibly decorated in the London atelier of James Giles, finely painted with the arms of Parminter family over a printed and coloured landscape including a seated figure and an obelisk, the interior with a gilt foliate band and a single pink rose, 6cm.

Provenance: formerly the Watney Collection. Originally part of a service at A La Ronde near Exmouth, Devon; home of the Parminter sisters.

Exhibited: English Ceramics Circle, 2007, no.45. English Ceramics Circle Armorials Exhibition, 2008. Early James Giles, Stockspring Antiques, 2008.

Illustrated: Stephen Hanscombe, The Early James Giles and his Contemporary London Decorators, no. 114.