British & Continental Ceramics & Glass - 22nd October 2026

Lot 1176

A SAMUEL GILBODY LIVERPOOL COFFEE CUP

Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £445

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Description

A SAMUEL GILBODY (LIVERPOOL) COFFEE CUP

C.1758-60

of 'U'shape, polychrome painted with 'The Stag Hunt' pattern in two gilt framed views on a bianco-sopra-bianco ground, a gilded trefoil design to the inner rim

5.4cm high

Provenance

Bought form Simon Spero in December 2008 where described as 'only the second piece he had had in 40 years'.

Catalogue Notes

See Bonhams, The Liane Richards Collection,, 13th April 2016, lot 181 for another coffee cup from the same set.

See Maurice Hill, Liverpool Porcelain 1756-1804, plate 7.8 and Watney, Liverpool Porcelain of the Eighteenth Century, p.139, plate 19a for similar cups.