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A C J Wall Collection
A closely related beaker in the British Museum is illustrated by Elizabeth Adams, Chelsea Porcelain (2001), p.149, fig.11.11 and shares the same high quality gilding and chinoiserie musical subjects. Large handleless beakers were an innovation in the gold anchor period, characterized by the use of coloured grounds and chiselled gold. These may have been the variety of 'cabinet cup' mentioned in the catalogue of 1761. Another example with the more usual bird decoration is illustrated by F Severne Mackenna, The Gold Anchor Wares, pl.17, fig.31