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Lot 411

Two rare Swansea cups and saucers, circa 1815-17

18 May 2016, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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Two rare Swansea cups and saucers, circa 1815-17

One from the Vachell Service, painted in sepia with landscape vignettes, the saucer probably by William Billingsley, within brown line rims, saucer 14.9cm diam, cup with upper case mark in red (cup with small restored rim chip), the other of London shape, painted in colours with landscapes, probably by George Beddow, within gilded rims, saucer 14.5cm diam, script mark in brown (saucer with haircrack) (2)

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Provenance:
Ivor Vachell
Elis Jenkins Collection (the first-mentioned cup and saucer)

The Vachell Service is discussed by E Morton Nance, The Pottery and Porcelain of Swansea and Nantgarw (1942), pp 332-333 and illustrated at plates CXLV and CXLVI. Two hands appear to have worked on the service. Unmarked pieces appear to be by William Billingsley, marked pieces by a lesser hand.

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