Beschreibung:

A Derby coffee can and saucer by James Banford and William Billingsley circa 1793-95The can painted by James Banford with a shepherdess weaving a floral wreath, two sheep beside a tree to the right, the can and saucer painted by William Billingsley with a variety of garden flowers densely packed on a solid gold ground, a formal gilded border below the interior rim and around the well, can 6.7cm high, crown, crossed batons, D marks, title 'Abra' and pattern 351 in blue (2)FootnotesProvenance G C Bond Collection Literature John Twitchett, Derby Porcelain (2002), p.54 The titled scene of 'Abra' is taken from an engraving by Thomas Burke after Angelica Kauffman published in 1793. Pattern 351 is allocated to Billingsley and Banford in the factory pattern book.