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