Fine Porcelain and Pottery - 24th February 2015

Lot 107

A Worcester two-handled chocolate cup and saucer c.1775

Estimate £300 - £400 | Hammer £600

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Description

A Worcester two-handled chocolate cup and saucer c.1775, the ogee forms decorated in a London atelier in the manner of James Giles with shaped panels of fruit and flowers reserved on a pale turquoise ground, within gilt dentil rims, 14.5cm. (2)

Paper label for the Jacobs Collection.

Cf. Gerald Coke, In Search of James Giles, col. pl. VII for a cup and saucer with similar decoration from the Giles workshop.