About this lot
Description
each piece painted with a named view and reserved on elaborate gilt ground bodies, comprising; twelve coffee cups, thirteen tea cups, fourteen saucers, teapot, cover and stand, cream jug, sucrier and cover and three side plates, marks in red; a similar tea and coffee service comprising; twelve cups, nine cans, twelve saucers, teapot, cover and stand, cream jug, two side plates and a sucrier (lacking cover), marks in red; a Derby porter mug, painted with 'A View in Cumberland', red mark, 11.5cm high (89)
Provenance:
General Sir Martin Hunter (1756-1846) and Lady Hunter (d.1845), Anton's Hill,
Berwickshire,
and then by decent
Footnote:
Condition report: Marking and rubbing of gilt and decoration throughout, consitent with age and use. One sucrier has a stapled cover with discoloured fracture lines. Some cups have stapled handles and some with discolouration to inside and fracture lines. One teapot with a replacement end to the spout.
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