A Bristol ‘Nelson Pattern tea cup and saucer

A Bristol 'Nelson Pattern' fluted tea cup nd saucer, the cup with harebell moulded scroll handle, painted in coloured enamels with scattered flowers and leaves, within scrolling blue ribbons, entwined with three gilt bands, gilt dentil rims, circa 1772, blue painted X mark and numeral 5

See Albert Amor, The Trapnell Collection, 1912, numbers 182-189, for pieces from this service, owned by Admiral Lord Nelson and by descent to Hilaire, Countess Nelson. It was then in the Firbank Collection

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