A superb Nantgarw coffee cup London decorated (probably at Bradley's) c.1818

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A superb Nantgarw coffee cup London decorated (probably at Bradley's) c.1818See our website periodceramicsandantiques. org. Description. A superb coffee can, painted with stylised floral decoration, contained within three bands. An upper band of gold and puce spheres, interspersed with pink dots. A second band of gilt and green stylised flowerheads and a final band of gilt fronds interspersed with puce dots. Dentil rim gilding. Internal gilt bands. Charmingly, an insect painted to the internal base of the piece, evidently to

the latter pair of panels depicting the putti painting (representing art)

the colour was used virtually only for flowers – in a formal manner at the Factory

CBD marked to the base of the sticks

Feather-moulded rim and fluted body and socle

a fine Wedgwood reticulated creamware basket

21 cm in length

Old collector's marks of an erroneous nature

painted by Leonard Lead

The piece bears the impressed mark of the enigmatic W*** factory

Flight Barr breakfast services were never as elaborately decorated as dinner or dessert services

It is not definitively known what the significance of these figures was

circa 1780