English & European Ceramics & Glass - 12th October 2010

Lot 358

An early Worcester ribbed coffee cup

Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £380

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Description

An early Worcester ribbed coffee cup, with scrolling handle, the interior rim delicately enamelled with stylized flowers, the narrow tapering flutes stopping short of the exterior rim, unmarked, c.1753-54, minute rim nibbles, 5.8cm. Cf. Simon Spero, Winter Newsletter, January 2008, p.21 for a similar example.