Cup — CRC# 1491

Description

A very fine Bristol tea cup, slightly ogee, with elaborate moulded (but wonky) handle, painted with colourful swags of leaves and flowers on a pink line, suspended from gilt roundels and looping over blue wreaths, with gilt dentil rim and central rose in base of bowl

Size

7.5cm diameter at rim, 4.7cm high

Condition

Perfect

Mark

Underglaze blue crossed swords and painted gilt 1

Mark Group

Crossed swords

Decorator

1

Decorator (Blue or Gilt)

Gilt

Historic Provenance

Witherick

Notes

See 1219

CRC#

1491

Type

Cup