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Bristol Coffee Cup c.1770-75

This scarce coffee cup is from the Bristol manufactory, dating c.1770-75, and is made from hard paste porcelain. It is decorated with a floral pattern in overglaze polychrome enamels, & is marked with an "X" to the base.

Condition is excellent with a minute chip to the rim & a small chip to the inner footrim.

Measures 2 1/4 inches high.

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The coffee cup is pleasingly decorated with a handpainted floral pattern in overglaze enamels, the rim highlighted in red & the inner rim with a simple scrolling border.

The underside is marked with an "X" & the number 11, a common mark on Bristol porcelain.

The cup is of a "U" shaped cross section, with a simple loop handle & a bright & fresh palette of coloured enamels. Hard Paste porcelain production commenced in Bristol after the closure of the short lived Plymouth factory (c.1768-70), these were the only 2 factories producing hard paste in England at the time, although the very rare "A" Class porcelains dating to perhaps c.1743-44 had also been hard paste. The New Hall factory eventually bought the Bristol concern.

The inner border pattern is not continuous, with a patch looking as though it has suffered from wear to the enamels. However, this is directly over the handle, so it is unlikely to be wear associated with use, it is likely that it left the factory in this condition. You can also see the minute rim chip just to the left of center, above.

Here you can see that the inner border pattern looks smudged, as though it has been rubbed in manufacture.
The marks are shown in the picture below, you can also see the small inner footrim chip.

Overall this Bristol Coffee Cup is in excellent condition, with a couple of inconsequential small chips. Bristol porcelain is quite scarce, this example of English hard paste would compliment any collection of 18th Century English Porcelain.