1217
1217m
1217a
1217c
Covered cup — CRC# 1217
- Description
- A rare Bristol custard cup and cover, with squashed loop handle moulded with harebells and gilt decorated, painted in gilt with scattered flowers, slightly domed cover, ball finial with gilt roundel, marked with an X, c. 1770
- Date
- 1770-73
- Size
- 5.2cm diameter at rim, 7.2cm high
- Condition
- Perfect
- Mark
- Blue X
- Mark Group
- X
- Decorator
- No mark
- Maker
- Cookworthy
- CRC#
- 1217
- Type
- Covered cup
1217b
Historic illustrations, exhibitions and provenance
H0528 · 2021
Custard cup from the 2021 Vanessa Stevenson sale at Albert Amor
Source: The Vanessa Stevenson Collection
H0234 · 2023
Historic custard cup in the Creed Collection, part of a set of 13 in 1977
H0320 · 2024
A gilt-flecked custard cup in the Creed collection, sold by Albert Amor in 2024
Source: The Creed Collection of Plymouth & Bristol Porcelain (part II)