Lot 78 : Estimate £1,000-£1,500
A pair of late 18th Century hand-painted botanical Derby chocolate cups and stands attributed to William 'Quaker' Pegg with each facade decorated with a different specimen of flower, the first decorated to the stand with Common Dog Rose and Scarlet Bizarre Carnation, the twin handled cup with Sweet Pea and Convolvulus Tricolor Small Convolvulus and the lid Red Heath and Erica Ampullacea Husk Heath. The second decorated to the stand with Common Field Poppy and Jerusalem Cowslip on Spotted Lungwort, the twin handled cup with Province Rose and Narcissus Major Great Daffodil and the lid with Erica Herbacea Herbaceous Heath and Erica Grandiflora Great Flowered Heath, all with blue titles and blue painted marks, circa 1795, total height 24cm, some restoration
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