English Pink Lustre Porcelain Cup & Saucer

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$135.00

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An exceptionally nice English porcelain cup and saucer decorated with pink luster. The body is molded in a net pattern with reserves that are highlighted in overglaze blue, green, yellow and iron red enamels. The center of the saucer is decorated with a strawberry motif that is repeated in the bottom of the cup. The cup is raised on a slight foot. The saucer has very deep and steeply sloped sides so the hot tea could be drunk directly from the saucer, as was the custom. Origin: England, ca. 1840. Condition: excellent, a 1/8 flake on the very bottom edge of the cups foot. Size: saucer; 5-7/8 diameter; cup, 2-3/8 tall.