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Lot 16*

A Worcester coffee can, circa 1754

15 December 2020, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £956.25 inc. premium

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A Worcester coffee can, circa 1754

Of 'Scratch Cross' type with a spreading base and grooved handle, painted in colours with the 'Snake in a Basket' pattern of a 'Long Eliza' figure holding a fan, a 'ruyi' sceptre in a basket beside two trees, 6.6cm high

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Provenance
Paul B Zeisler Collection
Cohen Collection, Albert Amor exhibition 1992, no.41
Simon Spero Exhibition 1998, no.18
John Alchin Collection

The spreading base is an early feature, discontinued by the late 1750s.

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