£1,100
A Derby yellow ground cabinet chocolate cup and cover, c 1796-1800, painted by John Brewer with British redcoats and civilians at a military encampment, gilt square frame, flattened dome cover, button knop, angular scroll handle, 10cm high, puce crown, crossed batons and D
Provenance: 1) Charles Littlewood Hill Collection, his executors' sale, Neales, Nottingham, 22 June 1978, lot 58; illustrated on the catalogue cover. 2) The Daniel Collection, Item 29, label. 3) The Doris Wheatley Collection of Derby Porcelain, no. 18, label; sold by or through Peter Jackson, 1987, and illustrated on the eponymous catalogue cover.
Interior lip of cup filled, some restoration by the handle; restored cover. Some crazing, but not discoloured; a fine cup, displaying well.
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