The can painted with ‘The cur Fox’ and the saucer with ‘The Springer or Cocker’, titled in red to the bases.
Dimensions: can 6cm high, saucer 14cm diameter
Condition: some staining to inner rim of can and slight glaze craze to base; some gilt wear to rim of can and saucer; a very small foot rim nick to saucer.
Note: These pieces may have been painted by Charles Muss – see Edmundson R. and Cadman K., Northern Ceramic Society Journal – Charles Muss, Part 2
See also Halls Auction, 9th October 2024, lot 78, for another coffee can and saucer from this service.
The animal painting from which this service takes its title is inspired by Thomas Bewick, A History of Quadrupeds, published in 1800.
©Jill Gosling English Ceramics 2025