Derby Bird Pattern Coffee Cup c1758-60

A rare Derby porcelain square coffee cup with indented corners, hand painted in coloured enamels with birds and insects c1758-60.

The cup measures 8cm in diameter including the handle and stands 6cm tall.

Good condition. Long scratch by the handle, this doesn’t go through the body of the cup or meet the rim.

Unmarked.

See Watney part III, at Bonhams 1st November 2000 lot 1168 for a cup in this pattern.