A fine Grainger's Worcester Chocolate Cup, Cover & Stand c.1825

A fine Grainger's Worcester Chocolate Cup, Cover & Stand c.1825. With two winged female caryatid handles and butterfly knop, well painted with panels of summer flowers against a yellow background, all reserved on a blue ground decorated in gilt with leaves.

Similar 'Imaged Handle' chocolate cups were also made at Spode and Coalport. 

Unmarked.

Condition: Good with just a small amount of wear to the gilding and a couple of tiny chips to the butterfly knop. 

Literature: John Sandon A Dictionary of Worcester Porcelain, page 195 for a pair of Chocolate Cups in the same form