Each well has a raised design of a chick at the bottom. The wells are bordered by a corn design with raised kernels and some shafts of wheat. SOLD An Eighteenth Century English porcelain tea cup circa 1770. The cup is decorated in underglaze cobalt blue with flowres, insects and a hint of architecture. The piece is unmarked but is probably Worcester.
Condition is excellent.
The applied Classical figures stand out against a rich blue ground, bordered at top and bottom with an incised pink luster band. The upper rim is decorated in a pink luster and polychrome grapevine design. The lip has a molded acanthus leaf design. The glaze has the distinctive bluish tint associated with Staffordshire potters. England, circa 1840.