Three Chinese porcelain London-decorated coffee cups, mid 18th century, one finely painted with

Three Chinese porcelain London-decorated coffee cups, mid 18th century, one finely painted with botanical flower specimens, the other two with flower sprays including rose, heartsease and dahlia, with scattered colourful moths and other insects, 6.5cm max. (3)

Illustrated: Stephen Hanscombe, The Early James Giles, no.68 for the botanical cup. The absence of interior decoration would point away from Giles as decorator on this cup, but the manner of the other two cups suggests the Giles atelier as a likely source of decoration.

Provenance: the last two cups from the Watney Collection.