A RARE ROYAL WORCESTER JEWELLED COUNTESS OF DUDLEY CUP AND SAUCER, CIRCA 1875-77 The teacup raised on three gilt paw feet, painted with three female portrait medallions, hand painted by Thomas Scott Callowhill The cup and saucer decorated with a gilt ground highlighted with graduated turquoise jewelling, all hand applied by Samuel Ranford, with clusters of white jewelling in places. Impressed factory mark to underside of saucer and signed S. Ranford. The feet of the cup bearing a purple factory mark, monogram for Samuel Ranford and T. S. Callowhill. The tea cup 6.5cm high, the saucer 13cm. Provenance: purchased from J. B. Hawkins antiques, NSW, in 1975 Note: The original cup and saucer formed part of a service commissioned by the city of Worcester for the wedding of Baron Ward, Earl of Dudley to lady Georgina Moncreiffe in 1865. The set exhibited exceptional hand applied decoration, which took two years to finish. The set was borrowed and displayed at the Paris exhibition in 1867 and was awarded "The Legion D' Honneur", causing a sensation as a masterpiece of craftsmanship. It was after the exhibition that a copy was made during the years 1875-77, this cup and saucer being part of this set. This set is illustrated in Royal Worcester Porcelain by Henry Sandon, plate 27
A RARE ROYAL WORCESTER JEWELLED COUNTESS OF DUDLEY CUP AND SAUCER, CIRCA 1875-77 The teacup raised on three gilt paw feet, painted with three female portrait medallions, hand painted by Thomas Scott Callowhill The cup and saucer decorated with a gilt ground highlighted with graduated turquoise jewelling, all hand applied by Samuel Ranford, with clusters of white jewelling in places. Impressed factory mark to underside of saucer and signed S. Ranford. The feet of the cup bearing a purple factory mark, monogram for Samuel Ranford and T. S. Callowhill. The tea cup 6.5cm high, the saucer 13cm. Provenance: purchased from J. B. Hawkins antiques, NSW, in 1975 Note: The original cup and saucer formed part of a service commissioned by the city of Worcester for the wedding of Baron Ward, Earl of Dudley to lady Georgina Moncreiffe in 1865. The set exhibited exceptional hand applied decoration, which took two years to finish. The set was borrowed and displayed at the Paris exhibition in 1867 and was awarded "The Legion D' Honneur", causing a sensation as a masterpiece of craftsmanship. It was after the exhibition that a copy was made during the years 1875-77, this cup and saucer being part of this set. This set is illustrated in Royal Worcester Porcelain by Henry Sandon, plate 27
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