A rare Derby spoon, circa 1765

Spoons in English porcelain are rare at this date, although produced at other factories a decade or so later, in particular at Worcester and Caughley, often as smaller condiment spoons.

Condition: 3 minute pinhead nicks to rim of bowl.

For a similar spoon, see Bonhams, Fine English and Welsh Pottery, Porcelain and Glass, 5 Dec 2007, lot 274
Also Bradley G., Ceramics of Derbyshire 1978, p.126, fig. 206

£425