Pair Herculaneum coffee cans

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A rare pair of early Regency period Herculaneum cans, each with a  circular panel surrounded by a serpent swallowing it's tail and each finely painted with a winged cherub in a golden cloak, probably by William Dixon and all enhanced with gilding.

One can with the label "N.C.S Exhibition, Liverpool 1993" and the hand written number 264.

Date: Circa 1810
Height: 2.5 inches  (6.25 cm)
Condition:  Very good condition with only typical very minor wear to rims.
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