The Fancy Fox

Description

An unusual small bone china porcelain coffee can from the Davenport manufactory. With a rich jade green enamel ground with reserves painted in a lemon yellow enamel and copious amounts of ornate gilding including holly style sprigs to the reserves and scallop shells and dentil border over the green ground. Finished with a decorative frieze inside the rim, wide gilt bands around the rims and an acanthus leaf detail to the handle. Rare printed puce mark, "manufacturer to their Majesties", c.1830-1840, and painted pattern number 1027 x in gilt.

It measures 5.3cm (2 1/16") high and 5.5cm (2 1/8") rim to rim.

In excellent condition with no damage or repair and light handling wear, slight rubbing to the gilt on the rim and to the sides of the handle.
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