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BARR, FLIGHT & BARR WORCESTER PORCELAIN PINK GROUND TEA CUP AND SAUCER CIRCA 1813

Probably painted by Thomas Baxter

 The tea cup finely painted with panels of seashells, coral and sea grasses, reserved upon a pink ground within gilt Greek Key borders, the saucer with matching borders & ground and with a central gilt star motif. Impressed crowned monogram and full red script referring to their Royal patronage.

Provenance: Listed in a very rare original

invoice to R.Cosway Esq 11th September 1813. Cosway was the leading portrait miniaturist and one of the most successful artists in Regency England. He enjoyed a long friendship with the Prince of Wales, later King George IV.

 

Origin: English

Circa:1813

Stock Ref: AT41

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