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Lot 183*
A Worcester part tea and coffee service, circa 1770-75
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29 September 2020, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge£2,000 - £3,000
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A Worcester part tea and coffee service, circa 1770-75
Printed in black with versions of 'The Milkmaids' pattern, comprising a coffee pot and cover with 'Rural Lovers' to the reverse, a teapot, cover and stand with 'Farmyard Scene' to the reverse and pastoral lovers to the cover, a tea canister and cover with 'The Laden Donkey' to the reverse, a sugar bowl and cover with 'The Haymakers' and 'The Tease' to the reverse and pastoral lovers on the cover, a slop bowl with 'The Haymakers' and 'The Bagpiper' to the reverse and swans to the interior, four coffee cups and five teabowls with 'Herdsman and Cattle' to the reverse, the teabowls with swans to the interiors, and eleven saucers, all within black-line rims and with flower finials to the covers, coffee pot 23.8cm high (32)
Footnotes
The version of 'The Milkmaids' seen on the teapot is rare in that it shows a third milkmaid milking a cow and no hayrick. It is possible that this version was engraved by James Ross, see Joseph M Handley, 18th Century English Transfer-Printed Porcelain and Enamels (1991), pp.102-3, no.2.47 where a similar teapot is illustrated. For a bowl and a tea canister with identical prints to those in the present service, see also pp.90-2, nos.2.37 and 2.38.
Saleroom notices
Please note that one saucer is signed 'RH Worcester'.