Lot 162
CHAMBERLAINS WORCESTER ARMORIAL CUP AND SAUCER AND A BARR FLIGHT AND BARR CUP AND SAUCER
EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Auction: Session One - Wednesday 19th February at 10am
Description
the armorial cup and saucer painted with a crest showing a three turret castle below a banner with the motto ‘Patience and Resolution’, over the gilt monogram PRM, with a gilded acorn border, unmarked; the Barr Flight and Barr cup and saucer, probably painted by George Davis, decorated with panels of fancy birds and insects on a richly gilded dark blue ground, saucer impressed BFB below a crown; together with a matched coffee can made by Spode, red painted factory mark; and a Worcester ‘Jabberwocky’ pattern hexagonal fluted teapot stand, unmarked; and two Worcester coffee cups decorated with the ‘Dragons in Compartments’ pattern, one with sixteen flutes and bearing a Worcester seal mark, the other unmarked (8)
Dimensions
teapot stand 14.7cm wide, tallest cup 7.3cm high
Provenance
The Maisels Collection of British Ceramics
Footnote
In his personal notes David Maisels wrote that the BFB cup and saucer, and the Spode coffee cup (which would have been decorated as a replacement) were part of a large tea service that had been made for the Belgian Royal family.