A good, decorative Brown-Westhead Moore cup and saucer, the bowl shaped cup with the signature twisted rope handle terminating in four knotted feet and detailed with gilding. The cup with with a gilt dentil band to the inner rim and, as with the saucer, bordered with swags of deep rose pink within gilt tasseled borders and hanging gilt pendants. Both cup and saucer marked to the reverse with the Registered Design mark for February 1st. 1869.

The firm of Brown-Westhead Moore & Co. (1871-1904) were direct successors to the old established and important porcelain manufacturers Ridgway. They produced extremely high quality wares for, amongst many others, the British Royal Family, the Russian Imperial Family and top American retailers such as Tiffany New York

Date:  Circa 1875

Width of cup: 3  1/2 inches (9cm) Height: 2 inches (5cm)  Width of saucer: 5  3/8 inches (13.5 cm)

Condition: Very good, crisp and clean with no restoration. The saucer with a few barely visible light glaze scratches to a small area underneath from handling

Item No: 2125

Price:   £  145