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Worcester Coffee Cup
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Print Details
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Request Details
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Dates
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Circa 1770
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Medium
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Porcelain
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Origin
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England
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Description
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A fine first period Worcester coffee cup, painted at the atelier of James Giles with a Mandarin style pattern of Chinese figures in various pursuits, with reserves around the handle painted in puce monochrome of a waterscape and a sampan, with smaller oval reserves around the top and bottom of the handle painted with black spiky leaves, all on a ground of ornate gilt scrolls.
6.5cm High
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Literature
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The Stephen Hanscombe Porcelain Collection - James Giles and his Contemporary Decorators, see Illustrations 86, 87 and 88 for the same Mandarin style pattern.
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