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First Period Worcester Porcelain Fancy Birds & Wet Blue Coffee Cup c.1770
A delightful Worcester porcelain coffee cup in a rich "wet" blue ground with two oval reserves painted with exotic fancy birds in garden landscapes. Gilt arabesques and beading frame the reserve edges and a feathery gilt foliate arrangement sits between them. The grooved strap handle has delicate gilt buds and graduated droplets running down the back. Crescent mark to the base. c.1770.
measurements
It measures 6.2cm (2 7/16") high and measures 5.5cm (2 3/16") rim to rim.
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declaration
The Fancy Fox has clarified that the First Period Worcester Porcelain Fancy Birds & Wet Blue Coffee Cup c.1770 (LA560124) is genuinely of the period declared with the date/period of manufacture being c.1770
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condition
condition
In excellent condition with no damage, repair or restoration and very minor handling wear; just a little rubbing to the gilt on the rim.