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Lot 234

A Derby coffee can and a saucer, circa 1795

27 November 2024, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A Derby coffee can and a saucer, circa 1795

The can painted with 'The Genius of Modesty Preventing Love Unveiling Beauty', probably by James Banford, on a peach ground gilt with stars and reserving smaller panels of pink roses probably by William Billingsley, the saucer with a similar border, saucer 13.3cm diam, crown, crossed batons and D marks in puce, can with pattern number 233, saucer with pattern 241 (2)

Footnotes

Provenance
McCormick Collection

The image is taken from a print by Thomas Ryder after G B Cipriani, the title given in the Derby Tea Book under pattern 233, the painting stated as being by Banford.

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