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Bloor Derby Porcelain Chocolate Cup & Cover c.1825 (1 of 9)
The Fancy Fox
Flag of United KingdomSuffolk, UK
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Bloor Derby Porcelain Chocolate Cup & Cover c.1825

REF: FA1328 / LA406192
£345
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Description
A pretty Derby porcelain chocolate cup with tapering sides and unusual shaped handles with moulded acanthus leaves across the thumb rest area and lower terminal. The cover with curved stepped edge and ring shaped knop with moulded acanthus leaves. The cup has a scene very finely painted in sepia enamel of three putti or young children dancing around a brazier. The other side has a bold gilt pattern of stylised flower and foliage and matching decoration to the cover. Gilt rims and details to the handles and knop. Red painted mark, c.1825.
measurements
It measures 9cm (3 1/2") high with the cover on, 6.8cm (2 5/8") to the rim and 12cm (4 3/4") wide across the handles.
declaration
The Fancy Fox has clarified that the Bloor Derby Porcelain Chocolate Cup & Cover c.1825 (LA406192) is genuinely of the period declared with the date/period of manufacture being c.1825
condition
In very good condition with no damage, repair or restoration. There are tight firing lines in the glaze part way around the base of each arm of the knop. Some rubbing to the gilt on the rim of the cup but otherwise handling war is minimal.
location
This Bloor Derby Porcelain Chocolate Cup & Cover c.1825 is located in Suffolk, United Kingdom