Fine Porcelain and Pottery - 15th September 2015
Lot 276
A Worcester coffee cup c.1772
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £200
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Description
A Worcester coffee cup c.1772, decorated in the London atelier of James Giles, with the Bucrania pattern of gilt bull's heads and paterae between husk and leaf swags, the interior with a border of interlaced ovals and dots, 6.5cm.
Cf. Stephen Hanscombe, James Giles China and Glass Painter (1718-80), pl.127 for examples of opaque glass and Worcester porcelain decorated in this pattern.