Bristol Cup & Saucer

This is a rare teabowl shaped cup and saucer made by Bristol in about 1772. W. Cookworthy founded Plymouth around 1768 but soon after moved the factory to Bristol (around 1770) where he continued to make hard paste porcelain with the help of Richard Champion. Champion bought the factory from him around 1773. He sold the factory in 1781 after which it was closed. Their wares are really nice and hard paste is unusual for early English porcelain! This cup and saucer are hand painted with a nice large floral arrangement as well as some smaller ones and just a few green leaves. The rim has a nice gold trim (the cup has the same trim as the saucer just on the top inside!). Both pieces are in superb condition - the rim ofthe saucer has two chips that happened when it was made and is gilded over as shown. The saucer also ahs a touch of crazing which are fines lines in the glaze but they do not go through to the other side and are not!! hairlines. They are hard to spot on top but there is a single line to the undersidenear the mark as shown. Again not considered damage just part of the early porcelain. They are both marked with a rare blue crossed swords with a dot after Meissen as shown. There is also a gold 7. under the saucer as well as a very old label from a famous collection of the 19th century. The cup is 1.875 inches tall and 3.125 inches in diameter. The saucer is 1.125 inches tall and 5.125 inches in diameter. Please email me for more information or other pictures.