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Barr Worcester Coffee Can & Saucer, Shanked shape with blue and gilt border and Gilded Thistles, Scratched 'B' and 'M' mark, c1795

(p1108)

A very elegant and well moulded circular spiral shanked coffee can and saucer, decorated with blue and gilt decoration including the gilt Thistle motif. This charming coffee can and saucer was made at the famous Barr Worcester factory c1795 and the coffee can is marked on its base with the impressed 'B' mark of the Barr Worcester factory, the saucer has an impressed 'M' mark.

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This very fine quality coffee and saucer is moulded with 'shanked' (or spiral) lines which was the latest design in fashion at the later period of the eighteenth century. These moulded lines are very finely potted and create a most decorative effect.

A rich under glaze Cobalt blue border runs around the inner rim of the coffee can, this is decorated with a trail of gilt leaves and berries. This decoration in blue and gilt is also applied to the saucer.

Around the outside of the coffee can there are three gilt Thistle flower and leaves.

The handle of the coffee can is a moulded open loop shape with applied gilt decoration on the back edge.

The saucer is decorated in the same fashion as the coffee can.

A rich under glaze Cobalt blue border runs around the inner rim of the saucer, this is decorated with a trail of gilt leaves and berries.

In the base of the saucer is a circular cartouche formed by a line of under glaze blue bounded by a gilt line on the outer edge and a scalloped gilt line on the inner edge. Inside this circle is a gilded Thistle flower and leaves.

This is a charming Barr Worcester Coffee Can & Saucer, Shanked shape with blue and gilt border and Gilded Thistles, Scratched 'B' and 'M' mark, c1795

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Size and Weight: (values are approximate)

	2¾" (68mm) height of the coffee can.
	2¾" (67mm) diameter of the coffee can.
	5½" (140mm) diameter of the saucer.
	7½ oz (112gms) total weight of the coffee can and saucer.

Marks:

The coffee and is marked with the incised scratched 'B' mark of the Barr Worcester factory. This mark was used at this famous Worcester factory between c1792-1807. The saucer is marked with a scratched 'M', which may be for Martin Barr?

Condition:

This most attractive eighteenth century Worcester coffee and saucer is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, repairs or restoration. The only extremely minor imperfections is some extremely slight wear to the gilding on the scalloped rims at the high spots and a manufacturing flaw in the centre of the saucer where a tiny patch of white glaze did not get applied during manufacture.

A very attractive eighteenth century Worcester coffee can and saucer for the collector of Worcester or early English porcelain.