Two Worcester custard cups and covers and a cup and saucer, circa 1765-70

decorated in the workshop of James Giles, one custard cup of bell-shape with mixed flower sprays in green, the other with a scale blue ground reserved with mixed flower sprays, the teacup and saucer with a gilded ram and trailing flower sprays in puce

The custard cup and cover with green decoration has a few very minor chips to the tips of the flower petals on the flower knop of the cover only. The blue ground custard cup and cover has similar minor chipping to the flower knop. The gilded line around the rim of the custard cup has some wear. The cup has a shallow chip (possibly a firing flaw) to the inner footrim. It also has a shallow chip to the rim of the cup, approx. 3 mm. wide. The saucer has a long shallow chip on the inner side of the footrim, approximately 10mm long
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For a teapot with matching decoration to the cup and saucer, see The Zorensky Collection, part I, sold Bonhams 16^th March 2004, lot 244