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Lot 112

A Longton Hall coffee cup, circa 1753-55

13 April 2016, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £2,375 inc. premium

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A Longton Hall coffee cup, circa 1753-55

Of plain U shape with a stalk handle, bifurcated at the upper terminal with one branch bearing a fully closed bud picked out in blue, painted in blue with a flowering plant flanked by an insect and a small sprig, 5.7cm high (fine crack in handle)

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Provenance:
The Rous Lench Collection.
The Tryhorn Collection.

Cups and cans with this handle form are only rarely found with enamelled decoration and this lot appears to be the only blue and white example recorded. The handle form differs slightly from the polychrome examples, lacking applied leaves and having a slightly longer spur to the upper terminal. The thick cobalt blue and the irregular feel of the surface of the glaze suggest that this may have been an experimental piece.

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