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8 June 2005, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £4,560 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA fine Worcester teabowl and saucer decorated in the Giles workshop
circa 1770
the saucer painted in colours and gilded with the full arms of Beaumont with Ayscough in pretence, the cup only with the crest, surrounded by flower sprigs in naturalistic style, within iron red and gold borders, saucer 12.8cm, cup with crossed swords and numeral 9 marks (cup with some wear to gilding on the rim) (2)
the saucer painted in colours and gilded with the full arms of Beaumont with Ayscough in pretence, the cup only with the crest, surrounded by flower sprigs in naturalistic style, within iron red and gold borders, saucer 12.8cm, cup with crossed swords and numeral 9 marks (cup with some wear to gilding on the rim) (2)
Footnotes
A saucer dish from the same service is illustrated by Gerald Coke, In Search of James Giles, pl 28(b), p 200. The arms are discussed by H Rissik Marshall, Armorial Worcester Porcelain, ECC Trans, Vol 2. No 9, p 199 where it is stated that the teapot from the service is in the A W Tuke Collection
