English & European Ceramics & Glass - 24th November 2015
Lot 528
A Worcester coffee cup and saucer c.1765-70
Estimate £150 - £200 | Hammer £190
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Description
A Worcester coffee cup and saucer c.1765-70, printed in puce monochrome with scenes of Classical ruins, the saucer with a prominent statue before the Temple of Peace, the cup with figures before further ruins and in a rural landscape,
Cf. 18th Century English Transfer-Printed Porcelain and Enamels, The Joseph M Handley Collection, p.170, no.5.20 for the cup's prints, p.157 for the 1753 engraving by J S Müller after Panini, showing from where the saucer's print derives.
Paper labels for the Sir Jeremy Lever Collection.