A rare Worcester chocolate cup and stand, c.1768-70, the ogee form decorated in the Chinoiserie

A rare Worcester chocolate cup and stand, c.1768-70, the ogee form decorated in the Chinoiserie Musicians pattern with panels of Oriental Watteau-esque figures with various instruments, with smaller panels of birds and flowers, reserved within gilt scroll borders on a blue scale ground, blue square seal marks, some good restoration to the cup, 14.5cm. (2)

The panels on this pattern bear close resemblance to those used at Chelsea on the Thomson tea service, now in the Victoria and Albert Museum (see lot 1723). It is likely that only a single service was made at Worcester in this pattern. The coffee pot (from the Frank Lloyd Collection) is in the British Museum, catalogue number 354.