Feather Design Cup & Saucer

This is a superb cup and saucer made by Worcester in the 19th century. I always wanted to own a piece by them with this decoration but it is close to impossible to find. Actually I cannot find another cup and saucer at all like this. The cup and saucer are handpainted with three superbly detailed feathers and have a nice gold trim to the edhe and a little gilding to the handle. The decoration is very much in the style of a plate at the V&A museum attributed to John Barker but I think their piece is a bit earlier. The feathers are amazingly detailed and the colors superb. The shape of the cup is very elegant and the saucer is the trembleuse kind so it would not spill for people whose hands were shaking. The set is in good condition but the saucer ha a tiny chip to the edge almost impossible to spot from the top with a tight hairline going from it also impossible to spot from the top. Displays perfectly! There is a tiny black spot factory flaw by the end of the red feather on the saucer. The cup is not marked for Worcester but it is a typical shape for them and definitely made by them. It is however marked for John Mortlock Lodnon as well as A N0569 on the cup and MS 569 ont he sauxer. Not sure if these are painter's marks or what!?The John Mortlock company was a merchandising rather than a manufacturing company kind of like Richard Briggs of Boston here. It has been described as arguably the most important china retailer in London in the early nineteenth century and exercised enormous power and influence over the manufacturers, insisting that the products that Mortlocks sold should bear the Mortlock mark rather than that of the original maker. Hence the WOrcester mark missing here! The cup is just under 2.5 inches tall and has a diameter of 2.5 inches. The saucer is 1.125 inches tall and has a diameter of 5.25 inches. Please email me for more information or other pictures.