Fine Porcelain and Pottery - 15th September 2015
Lot 274
A Chelsea-Derby coffee cup c.1770-75
Estimate £100 - £150
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Description
A Chelsea-Derby coffee cup c.1770-75, moulded with flowering branches, delicately painted in the Giles atelier with a band of flowers to the rim, the footrim with a Sèvres-style blue and gilt border, gold anchor mark, 7cm.
Cf. Gerald Coke, In Search of James Giles, p.175 for a teapot with identical decoration.