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Lot 139

A Worcester octagonal coffee cup and saucer, circa 1754-55

13 April 2016, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £1,375 inc. premium

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A Worcester octagonal coffee cup and saucer, circa 1754-55

The S-shaped handle with a pronounced thumbrest, transfer-printed in black and coloured with the 'Red Bull' pattern and with a hand-painted panelled green-diaper border, the cup 5.2cm high, the saucer 11.4cm wide (2)

Footnotes

Octagonal teawares in the early version of this popular pattern are rarely found. A similar teabowl and saucer was in the R David Butti Collection sold by Bonhams 10 May 2006, lot 47. Another was exhibited in Simon Spero's 1992 exhibition, fig.27.

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