Clarice Cliff, Art Deco & Design - 21st March 2018
Lot 423
‡ Dame Lucie Rie DBE (1902-1995) and Hans Coper (1920-1981) a set of five tea cups and six saucers
Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £2000
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Description
‡ Dame Lucie Rie DBE (1902-1995) and Hans Coper (1920-1981)
a set of five tea cups and six saucers, each covered in an off white glaze, impressed seal marks, one cup with a hairline crack, largest saucer 15.5cm. wide, (11)
Provenance
purchased directly from Lucie Rie at Albion Mews by the present vendor's family.
Literature
John Houston & David Cripps, Lucie Rie, Crafts Council, page 90 catalogue number 225 for a comparable cup and saucer illustrated and dated circa 1955.