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Lot 351

A Derby coffee can and saucer and a cream jug, circa 1797-1800

17 May 2017, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £2,375 inc. premium

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A Derby coffee can and saucer and a cream jug, circa 1797-1800

From a cabaret service painted by George Robertson with shipping scenes, the can painted with two ships in a stormy sea and titled 'A Hard Gale', the jug with 'A cutter sailing up the wind. Fresh breeze', reserved on green grounds within gilded formal borders, can 7cm high, jug 12.4cm high, crown, crossed batons, D marks and titles in blue (can with flake to enamel, saucer restored, jug with restoration to spout) (3)

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Provenance:
Daniel Collection
Doris Wheatley Collection
Derek Gardner Collection

Illustrated as part of a complete cabaret service by John Twitchett, Derby Porcelain (1980), p.188. The sucrier and cover from the service was sold by Bonhams, 12 November 2014, lot 108

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