Fine Pottery and Porcelain - 5th February 2025
Lot 1240
A rare Russian porcelain chocolate cup with cover and saucer, c.1780, Francis Gardner factory,
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £1638
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Description
A rare Russian porcelain chocolate cup with cover and saucer, c.1780, Francis Gardner factory, Verbilki, Moscow, painted in the Sèvres manner with puce flower garlands suspended from gilt ribbons, the cup with a double handle and mounted with a flower finial, blue G mark, 12.6cm. (3)
Cf. Metropolitan Museum, New York, No. 06.354 b for a cup and saucer with the same decoration.