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A Derby coffee can and saucer and a sucrier by James Banford and William Billingsley circa 1793-95The can painted by James Banford with Una and the Lion, the can and saucer with a variety of garden flowers densely packed on a gold ground by William Billingsley can 6.5cm high, the sucrier with 'The Shepherdess of the Alps' by Banford, reserved on a similar floral ground by Billingsley, 7cm high, crown, crossed batons, D marks, titles and pattern number 351 in blue (3)FootnotesProvenance G C Bond Collection The source for 'The Shepherdess of the Alps' is an engraving by Francesco Bartolozzi published by W Dickinson on 20 February 1785, after a painting by Angelica Kauffman. Another coffee can and saucer of the pattern, also from the G C Bond Collection, was sold by Bonhams, 22 June 2022, lot 511