Coffee Cup

Date1780-1785

Maker Worcester Porcelain Manufactory

MediumSoft-paste porcelain

DimensionsH: 2 5/8"; Diam: 2 5/16"

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel M. Clarke

Object number1976-460,B

DescriptionCoffee cup with extruded handle. With gently flaring sides rising from pronounced foot ring. Gold tassel ornament applied to handle; gold dentil or egg-and-dart decoration to inside edge; arms of Blake impaling Close to one side and their crest of a popinjay proper to the other side. Blue-gray glaze puddling slightly over cream-white body.

Arms cataloged as "Argent a chevron between three garbs sable, BLAKE; impaling, azure on a chevron or between three falcons proper three roses vert, CLOSE."
Crest cataloged as "A popinjay proper." Marshall, ARMORIAL WORCESTER PORCELAIN, 1ST PERIOD (1964).Mark(s)Incised circle on underside, which appears with some frequency on other wares from Worcester in this period.ProvenanceEx. Coll: Eric Sanders, Esq.

Sotheby's 2 November 1965, lot 46

Mr. & Mrs. Sam Clarke, Chicago