Two-handled cup
Category
Ceramics
Date
1770
Materials
porcelain and gilt
Measurements
70 mm (Height); 145 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Worcester
Order this imageCollection
Fenton House, London
NT 1448152.2.1
Summary
A pair of two-handled cups, and deep saucers Blue-scale, with two shield-shaped gilt scroll cartouches with exotic birds and foliage and other cartouches painted with butterflies and insects, the saucers, which are similarly decorated, have in addition a central white cartouche painted with a butterfly and a ladybird. Mark, blue square seal. The painting almost matching, the gilding different.
Provenance
Anon. sale (?), 14 July 1885 (manuscript label)
Marks and inscriptions
blue square seal