English and European Ceramics and Glass - 13th September 2016

Lot 467

A rare Richard Chaffers (Liverpool) blue and white octagonal tea cup and saucer c.1758-60

Estimate £300 - £400 | Hammer £450

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Description

A rare Richard Chaffers (Liverpool) blue and white octagonal tea cup and saucer c.1758-60, painted with the Jumping Boy pattern of an exuberant Chinese youngster beside his seated mother, four character script mark, 11.5cm. (2)

Paper labels for the Billie Pain collection. The cup with a Klaber & Klaber label to the interior.

Cf. Bernard Watney, English Blue and White Porcelain, pl.56a for an identical cup and saucer.