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Lot 184

A very rare early Vauxhall white coffee cup and saucer, circa 1753-54

17 May 2017, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A very rare early Vauxhall white coffee cup and saucer, circa 1753-54

The coffee cup with a characteristic plain handle and applied in high relief with one large and two smaller floral sprays, the saucer with three more smaller sprays, saucer 12.3cm diam (2)

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Provenance:
The saucer from The Watney Collection, sold by Phillips, 10 May 2000, lot 742
Simon Spero Exhibition 2001, no.11
Garrick Bond Collection

Illustrated by Simon Spero, Vauxhall Porcelain-A Tentative Chronology, ECC Trans, Vol 18, Pt 2, p 360, no 31 and by Massey, Marno and Spero, Ceramics of Vauxhall, ECC 2007, p 56, no 97. The saucer exhibits a shiny glaze with fine bubbles, typical of early Vauxhall. The plain handle of distinctive form, flattened on the underside is also a Vauxhall feature. This is the only recorded example of this form, presumably made to compete with Bow 'sprigged' wares

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