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A very rare Worcester coffee cup

A very rare Worcester coffee cup, crisply moulded with eight vertical panels, painted in Chinese famille verte palette with trailing flower sprays and insects, beneath a flower head and leaf band, and a red line, the foot boldly fluted, the handle with scroll shaped thumb piece, 2 1/2" high, circa 1752-53, no mark

Provenance; Sir Anthony Tuke Collection, sold Sotheby's London, 30th March 1976, lot 1

Exhibitedn Worcester Porcelain, 1751-1900, Dyson Perrins Museum Loan Exhibition, 1995, number 18

This form of Worcester cup is extremely uncommon 



A very rare Worcester coffee cup