English and European Ceramics and Glass - 13th September 2016
Lot 519
A rare Caughley ice cup c.1790
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £500
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Description
A rare Caughley ice cup c.1790, of campana shape, raised on a circular foot and with a moulded scroll handle, decorated with flower sprays in cobalt blue and gilt, beneath a gilt dot border, the interior rim with a band of oeil de perdix in gilt on blue, painted S mark, 6.5cm.
Cf. A Bicentenary Exhibition of Caughley Porcelain, Ironbridge Museum, 1999, no. 562 for an identical example described as a sorbet cup.