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A rare Worcester tea cup and saucer
A rare Worcester tea cup and saucer, the cup with loop handle, painted in coloured enamels with exotic birds in branches, within gilt 'C' scroll cartouches, and with smaller panels of butterflies and other insects, on a yellow scale ground, gilt line borders, circa 1768-70, blue crossed swords and numeral 9 marks
Provenance; Crane Collection
John Bell Collection
Yellow scale grounds were produced at Worcester for a short period from circa 1768-70, and are extremely rare