A Worcester chocolate cup and stand, circa 1770A Worcester chocolate cup and stand, circa 1770Of double ogee form with two entwined handles, painted in the Giles workshop with the so-called 'Sheridan' pattern of a full flower spray including a divergent tulip, within a border of a brown line entwined with undulating leaves, gold dentil rims, stand 14.8cm diam (2)ProvenanceRobyn Robb CollectionThe playwright Richard Sheridan is recorded in the surviving accounts as a customer of the Giles workshop. His name has become associated with several versions of this design which was copied from contemporary Meissen decoration from the Academic or Dot period.