Worcester Porcelain Queens Pattern Coffee Cup and Saucer c1770

Description

Heading : Worcester Queens pattern coffee cup and saucer
Date : 1768-1774
Period : George III
Marks : Blue square fret mark
Origin : Worcester. England
Colour : Kakiemon palette
Pattern : Queens pattern
Features : Plain shape coffee cup and saucer. Hand painted with underglaze blue panels and over glaze flowers.
Size : Cup 7.9cm tall by 6.9cm in diameter. saucer 12.9cm in diameter
Condition : Wear commensurate with age as shown
Restoration : None
Weight : 188 grams

Porcelain imports from Japan dwindled from 1725 to 1745. Cheaper Chinese imports were available via the East India Company (VOC). The patterns were obviously very popular with the gentry and Worcester and other manufactories took it upon themselves to copy the patterns. The Japan fan pattern and old Mosaic (or Mosaick) patterns. Queens pattern. rich Queens pattern . the brocade pattern and others are all direct copies of Arita imports.