A group of Caughley miniature wares, circa 1785-90

comprising: a teapot and cover, delicately gilt with small scattered flower sprigs, a teapot and cover and sugar bowl and cover, printed in underglaze-blue with the 'Fisherman and Cormorant' pattern, enriched in gilding, both with S mark in underglaze-blue, the sucrier with workman's mark X, and a coffee pot and cover of baluster form also in underglaze-blue with the same pattern, minor damage.

The gilt-decorated teapot: acquired from Roderick Jellicoe, London, 4th August 1994
The Greenwald Collection
The teapot and sugar bowl: Bonhams, Knightsbridge, London, 1st June 1994, lot 120
The coffee pot: acquired from Whittington Galleries, Sutton, 15th January 1994

the gilt decorated teapot: There is a minute chip on the tip of the spout. the pieces in the 'Fisherman and Cormorant' pattern and gilt decoration: teapot cover: there is a flake to the gilding on the finial. teapot: there is a small flat chip to the spout and some typical rubbing to the gilding. sucrier cover: there is a chip to the rim, sucrier: there is some typical rubbing to the gilding on the rim.
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A Caughley trio in the same pattern as the gilt-decorated teapot, from the Susi and Ian Sutherland Collection was sold at Bonhams, London, 3rd October 2007, lot 370. In the 1780s Humphrey Chamberlain & Son of Worcester purchased partially decorated and whitewares from Caughley, which would then be highlighted in gilding.