Herculaneum Liverpool Porcelain Tea Cup and Saucer c1815

Description

Heading :  Herculaneum Liverpool Porcelain Coffee Can and Saucer
Date : c1815
Period : Regency George III
Marks : None
Origin : Toxteth. Liverpool
Colour : Imari palette
Features : Type 2 Herculaneum handle. This is bone china
Condition : Good. no chips or cracks. Losses to the gilding in the rim of the cur. saucer and handle
Restoration : None
Dimensions : Tea cup can 8.5cm diameter. the saucer 14cm diameter
Weight : 207g

Eric Knowles Comments

For two other examples of this Herculaneum coffee can featuring the identical elaborate spurred handle See ‘A Compendium of British Cups’ Berthoud M. Page 48 plates 287 and 288