A rare Worcester blue and white coffee cup c.1760-65

A rare Worcester blue and white coffee cup c.1760-65, painted with the Blue Valentine pattern with two dogs in the foreground and others behind, the reverse with a long-tailed bird in flight above a heart pierced by arrows, and a Chinese porcelain teabowl painted with the same arrangement of dogs, the teabowl broken and restuck, a small filled footrim chip to the cup, 7.3cm max. (2)

Provenance: a private collection in Wiltshire.