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Title

Pair of cups and saucers

circa 1765-1770

Artist

Worcester

England

1751 - 2009

An image of Pair of cups and saucers by Worcester

About

The pink scale pattern (deriving from Meissen) and the style of the fruit and flower sprays are typical of decorative work undertaken in the prolific London decorating workshop of James Giles.

Details

Date

circa 1765-1770

Media category

Ceramic

Materials used

soft-paste porcelain

Dimensions

cups 5.1 x 10.0 x 8.1 cm; saucers 2.6 x 13.0 cm diam :

a - cup 1; 5.1 x 10 x 8.1 cm

b - saucer 1; 2.6 x 13 cm

c - cup 2; 5.1 x 10 x 8.1 cm

d - saucer 2; 2.6 x 13 cm

Credit

On loan from Kenneth Reed

Accession number

L2010.210.a-d

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Artist information

Worcester

Works in the collection

20

Referenced in 1 publication

Bibliography

Richard Beresford, Eighteenth - Century European Porcelain in the Kenneth Reed collection, Sydney, 2012, 89 (colour illus.). cat.no. 108