A rare Caughley polychrome coffee cup
circa 1785-90
of fluted form with a double indented plain white ear-shaped handle, the exterior body of the cup decorated with a turquoise ground reserving three bracketed panels, painted in overglaze enamels with chinoiserie scenes, with a dentil gilt upper border and additional gilding around the panels and to the handle,
unmarked,
6.4cm high

Provenance: The Malcolm Sargeant Collection. 1999 Caughley Bicentenary Exhibition, no. 766.