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Lot 253

A rare Nantgarw teacup and saucer, circa 1818-20

5 June 2019, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

£800 - £1,200

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A rare Nantgarw teacup and saucer, circa 1818-20

Of bute shape, painted in London in Sèvres style, probably in the Sims workshop, with a garland of brightly coloured flowers reserved on a pale blue ground delicately painted with a diaper design and oeil de perdrix, a flower spray in the centre of the saucer and inside the cup, gilt dentil rim, saucer 14.cm diam (2)

Footnotes

A Nantgarw slop bowl from the same service is illustrated by W D John, Nantgarw Porcelain Album (1975), Illustration 6

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