Royal Worcester Palissy Large Cup and Saucer Set with Pistol Design
This is a highly attractive and unusual novelty cup and saucer set by Palissy.
This is a highly attractive and unusual novelty cup and saucer set by Palissy.
The cup has a capacious cylindrical body that tapers in towards the fluted base. The interior and exterior are glazed in speckled beige. Just below the rim (on the interior) there is a circumferential band of brown glaze. The exterior is transfer printed on both sides with a selection of stylised pistols and their manufacturers.
The saucer is circular with a gently scalloped rim. It is moulded with six vertical ridges and a central cup ring. It is glazed on the top and underside with speckled beige and there is a circumferential band of brown glaze just below the rim.
The underside of both pieces is stamped in black with the words ‘A ROYAL WORCESTER COMPANY PALISSY ENGLAND EST. 1853 CASUAL TABLEWARE’.
The cup has a height of approximately 9.2cm, with a diameter across the rim of about 11.0cm and across the base of about 6.3cm. The saucer has a diameter across the rim of about 18.4cm.
It is in excellent condition, with no chips or cracks.
| SKU | LAC005114 |
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