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Bonhams sale, 10 December 2008, lot 236
Twinight Collection
The coronet is used for younger sons and brothers of the Blood Royal. This cup and saucer must have been made as a specimen for one of the eight sons of George III. Prince Alfred can be excluded since he died in infancy in 1782 and George would have used the Prince of Wales feathers rather than a coronet. This leaves the Dukes of York, Clarence, Kent, Cumberland, Sussex and Cambridge as possibilities. It is unlikely that a full service of the pattern was ever ordered. For a related specimen teacup and saucer, see Henry Sandon, Flight and Barr Worcester Porcelain (1978), p.19 (bottom left).