A rare pair of Swansea cabinet cups, circa 1815-17


Thinly potted in fine duck egg porcelain and of slightly tapering cylindrical form supported by three gilded claw feet, the scrolled handles resting on the rims and female masks applied at the lower terminals, painted in London with large panels of loosely arranged garden flowers, the wide borders gilt with classical motifs, 11.9cm high, '2' inscribed in red on both (2)
|ProvenanceHarry Sherman Collection, no 197