The can painted with ‘The rabbit’ and the saucer with ‘The Phalanger’, titled in red to the bases.
Dimensions: can 6cm high, saucer 14cm diameter
Condition: some gilt wear to rim and handle of can, a tiny nick to the base immediately below the handle, the saucer with ‘The Phalanger’ has a tiny nick to the rim at 3 o’clock and slight wear to gilt surround of image in 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.