A rare Worcester coffee cup, circa 1755A rare Worcester coffee cup, circa 1755The corrugated sides moulded with eight vertical panels with gently arched tops below a shaped and everted rim, the ribbed foot also lobed, the delicate moulded handle with a scrolled thumbrest, painted with two leafy floral sprigs surrounded by scattered insects, a red line and half-flowerheads below the rim, 6.3cm highProvenanceBrenda Dunning CollectionExhibitedWorcester Porcelain 1751-1900, Dyson Perrins Museum loan exhibition, 1995, fig.18Another example of this rare form is illustrated by John Sandon, Dictionary of Worcester Porcelain (1993), p.115.