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BRITISH ARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1875-76 A cup and saucer by W.T. Copeland & Son, both with a few hairline cracks and crazing, 1875 image 1
BRITISH ARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1875-76 A cup and saucer by W.T. Copeland & Son, both with a few hairline cracks and crazing, 1875 image 2
BRITISH ARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1875-76 A cup and saucer by W.T. Copeland & Son, both with a few hairline cracks and crazing, 1875 image 3
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BRITISH ARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1875-76
A cup and saucer by W.T. Copeland & Son, both with a few hairline cracks and crazing, 1875

6 February 2019, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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BRITISH ARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1875-76

A cup and saucer by W.T. Copeland & Son, the rim with blue transfer decoration of plaited rope design on each, the saucer with "Arctic Expedition 1875" in a belt surrounding a polar bear to the centre, and three transferred maker's marks, to underside of rim, the base with three impressed maker's marks of a fouled anchor design and "DISCOVERY" printed in blue, diameter 150mm.; the cup with same Arctic "logo" on side, and the maker's mark and "DISCOVERY" on base, both with a few hairline cracks and crazing, 1875

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A bone china cup and saucer made by W.T. Copeland & Son for Sir George Nares' Arctic Expedition of 1875.

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