Lot 77
 

A Caughley egg cup transfer-printed in the Fisherman or Pleasure Boat pattern, circa 1780-90, unmarked, 5.8cm high (restored chip) Provenance: Wright Collection no.617, purchased in 1999 from Turner. Literature: Godden, 'Caughley and Worcester Patterns', p.95 notes that 'When decorated with the Fisherman or Pleasure Boat design, the price was 8d for the high egg 'stand''. See also Ironbridge 1999 catalogue nos. 332 and 347 for very similar pieces in the same pattern and The Caughley Society Newsletter, February 2010, no. 41 which illustrates a similar example sold at Wright Manley in December 2009. Further to this, a perfect example was sold in these rooms in April 2015 for £880.

Sold for £460


 
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