Teacup

Date1780-1785

Maker Worcester Porcelain Manufactory

MediumSoft-paste porcelain

DimensionsH: 1 11/16"; Diam: 2 15/16"

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

Object number1976-460,A

DescriptionTeacup, nearly hemispherical in form but with slight flare to lip. With gently swelling sides rising from pronounced foot ring. 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).
ProvenanceEx. Coll: Eric Sanders, Esq.

Sotheby's 2 November 1965, lot 46

Mr. & Mrs. Sam Clarke, Chicago