Another Coalport breakfast cup and saucer from the 'Nelson Set...

Another Coalport breakfast cup and saucer from the 'Nelson Set Tea Service', circa 1802
The large cup with a border of oak leaves and gold acorns encircling the interior and exterior, the front with the shield and motto of Lord Nelson flanked by the crests of the San Josef and the chelengk, the saucer with the full arms and insignia of Nelson filling the centre, the saucer 15.8cm diam (2)
Provenance
Vice-Admiral Horatio, Lord Nelson
Emma, Lady Hamilton
Viscount Bridport, Christie's, 11 July 1895, lot 43
Charles Wentworth Wass Collection, Phillips, 6 December 1995, lot 323

Together with the previous lot in this sale, this cup and saucer was part of Viscount Bridport's family collection of Nelson relics and was included in the 1895 auction at Christie's. The sale included a large part of the Nelson Set tea service and part of the Baltic set. Ten pairs of Coalport breakfast cups and saucers sold for between 20 guineas and 36 guineas per pair. The present cup and saucer was part of lot 43, sold to Charles Wentworth Wass for £37.16s for the pair. This pair was then exhibited as part of the Wentworth Wass Collection at Thomas Goode's in South Audley Street in 1898, cat. no.61. The present lot was sold from the Charles Wentworth Wass Collection at Phillips, 6 December 1995, lot 323.

For more information on the 'Nelson Set Tea Service' please see lot 55 in this sale.