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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;blooey, post: 3024336, member: 12007&quot;]I believe it is Chinese porcelain, but I have my doubts about the decoration being Chinese - it could be of course, but I really don&#039;t see too much ware using that coloured enamel in a singular sense, none I can recall handling at least.</p><p>It could be a custom order to match an existing European pattern, I believe there is an 18thc&nbsp; Meissen/Ludwigsburg/Frankenthal/Copenhagen et al pattern somewhat similar in both color and style in that general taste so anything is possible.</p><p><br /></p><p>Stylistically the decoration is not 100% typical of&nbsp; oriental work, but it does have similarities, so that observation isn&#039;t totally conclusive.</p><p>The bug, used like this is not really a Chinese device, as you probably know bugs were a European device <i>originally</i> designed to disguise defects in the glaze.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have some late 18thc export ware with a unique and custom pattern, not as fine as yours by any means and the paste is quite a bit more on the grey side of things. If you look at the form of the saucer, compare the footrim distance to the saucer rim. Yours might be much earlier than this late Qianlong piece of mine so that may account for the difference in paste and construction if it is indeed Chinese.</p><p><img src="http://artshuttle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Chinese-Export-service-coffee-can.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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