17th Jul, 2019 10:00

Summer Fine Art Auction

 
  Lot 23
 

Two Caughley and Chinese porcelain artichoke ice cups

A Caughley artichoke ice cup, lacking cover, circa 1787-95, painted all around with blue artichoke bracts, unmarked, 6.2cm high together with the Chinese original from which this design was copied, circa 1770-85, also lacking cover, 6cm high (2)

Literature: Ironbridge 1999 no.228 and The Caughley Society, Caughley Blue and White Patterns, p.192.

Sold for £200


Condition Report
Caughley cup - glaze flake to the exterior. No signs of any damages or any restorations to either piece.

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