18th/19th century, comprising: two tea cups with handles, each with gilt rim and underglaze design of seaside city scenes, larger 2-5/8 x 3-5/8 in.; two saucers with blue willow design and gilt rims, larger 1-1/4 x 5 in. diameter; tea cup with petal form rim, in underglaze design of seaside city scene, gilt accents on rim, interior, and base, 2-1/8 x 3-3/8 in. diameter; tea cup with gilt rim, underglaze design of seaside city scene, interior diapering, 1-3/4 x 3 in. diameter; tea cup with handle, underglaze design of courtyard scene with foliage, 2-1/2 x 3-1/4 in.

Provenance: Ruth and Ed Bridgeforth, Winchester, Virginia

anomalies, pinholes, loss to gilt, and surface accretion; both tea cups with handles with chips to rims, hairlines from rim; one saucer with hairline to base, one with crack and repairs (see blacklight); gilt rim example with hairline from rim; handle example with extensive pinholes, glaze voids, chips to rim