An English porcelain blue and white cup or wine taster

An English porcelain blue and white cup or wine taster, c.1755 or later, of peach shape, painted with a loose leaf spray, a smaller sprig to the interior with flying insects about, raised on a twig foot extending to a short handle, two small filled rim chips, 15.6cm across.

Provenance: Phillips, The Watney Collection, 1st November, 2000, lot 85A. This was catalogued tentatively as Longton Hall, but lacks the moulding of other similar cups produced by the factory at this time. There are decoratively some similarities with Limehouse porcelain of the same period.