Heading : Worcester Queens pattern tea cup and saucer
Date : 1768-1774
Period : George III
Marks : Worcester painted blue square fret mark
Origin : Worcester, England
Colour : Kakiemon palette
Pattern : Queens pattern
Features : A cup and saucer absent of the usual fluting seen on this pattern. Loop handle to the cup 
Size : Teacup 4.76 tall by 8.2cm in diameter.  Saucer 13.2cm in diameter
Condition : Very good, minor wear to the gilding and decoration of the saucer from use.
Restoration : None
Weight : 180 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.