Herculaneum Liverpool Porcelain Coffee Cup And Saucer – c1815

Description

Heading : Herculaneum Liverpool Porcelain Coffee Cup And Saucer – c1815
Date : 1812-1815
Period : George III
Marks : None
Origin : Toxteth. Liverpool
Colour : Gold. blue. iron-red and polychrome
Pattern : This is a marriage between two distinct Herculaneum Imari patterns – the cup being pattern 886 and the saucer being pattern 808
Features: Distinctive ‘type 2’ handles – see Eric’s note below
Condition : Excellent; tiny. slightly rough glaze-free abrasions to the foot-rims of both pieces; some wear to the gilding on the saucer. very fine glaze crazing inside the cup which has attracted the merest hint of staining
Restoration : none
Dimensions : cup 6.5 cm high x 6.7 cm diameter – saucer 3.0 cm high x 13.7 cm diameter
Weight : 223 grams

References:

Eric Knowles Comments : For two other examples of similar Herculaneum pieces – all featuring the identical elaborate spurred handle –  see A Compendium of British Cups (M Berthoud 1990). page 48. plates 285. 286. 287 & 288