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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lavrentii, post: 11960542, member: 80422&quot;]Hello community!</p><p>Friends, I’ve been away for over a month — busy with renovation and reorganising the space</p><p><br /></p><p>You’re very welcome to visit if you’re ever in Nottingham — for a cup of tea or coffee ☕</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, I have something for discussion.</p><p><br /></p><p>I believe this could be French, 18th century — roughly somewhere between 1740 and 1760. The porcelain is beautiful and translucent when held to the light. It’s hand-painted. The cup is actually quite large — 10.5 cm in diameter at the top and 7 cm high. The saucer measures 16.5 cm. There are no visible marks at all. Inside the cup there was once a small painted flower as well, but it has clearly worn over time.</p><p><br /></p><p>I absolutely love the set and have found a few approximate references, but I would really value the opinion of the community. What do you think about the date and place of manufacture?</p><p><br /></p><p>What I especially adore is the little “sun” on the saucer It cleverly disguises a small porcelain imperfection — a tiny raised dot in the centre. And what could be better than painting a delicate starburst around it, as if it had been planned all along?</p><p><br /></p><p>I can almost imagine the artist’s sly smile:</p><p>“Oh, that’s not a problem at all… we’ll fix that right now.”</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]550516[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]550517[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]550518[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]550519[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]550520[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]550521[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]550522[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]550523[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]550524[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]550525[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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