English and European Ceramics and Glass - 23rd May 2017
Lot 348
Five Minton saucers with three cups and three coffee cans c.1820
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £200
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Description
Five Minton saucers with three cups and three coffee cans c.1820, decorated in pattern 539 with scenes of Chinese children at various pursuits beneath gilt-leaved trees, and a Warburton Patent cup and saucer with a printed gilt landscape on a blue ground, some faults, 13.6cm max. (13)
The pattern is based on Pillement's Recueil de Plusieurs Jeux d'Enfants Chinois, engraved and published by P C Canot in London in 1759. Cf. Maria Gordon Smith, Pillement, p.41.