Fine Porcelain and Pottery - 23rd February 2016
Lot 281
A rare Derby coffee cup and saucer c.1765
Estimate £100 - £200 | Hammer £350
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Description
A rare Derby coffee cup and saucer c.1765, each painted with two quatre-lobed panels containing large birds and bamboo trellis in the Kakiemon palette, reserved on a turquoise or sea green ground with a gilt dentil rim, some restoration to the saucer, 12.5cm. (2)
Cf. The Victoria and Albert Museum, Accession No. C.1068&A-1924, for a teabowl and saucer in the same pattern.