A Worcester porcelain blue-scale ground teacup and saucer and a Worcester porcelain 'Japan pattern' teacup and saucer, second half 18th century, blue fretted square marks, the blue-scale ground cup and saucer c.1760, reserved with gilt-edged cartouches of floral sprays and insects, the cup 5.5cm high, the saucer 14.2cm diameter, the second decorated with alternating panels of flowers and blue ground with gilt foliage and iron-red flowerheads, the saucer with a red open crescent mark, the cup 4.6cm high, the saucer 13cm diameter (4)

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