A further Coalport breakfast cup and saucer from the 'Nelson Set Tea Service', circa 1802
Of large size with borders of oak leaves and gold acorns, the front of the cup with the shield, motto and coronet of Lord Nelson flanked by the crests of the San Josef and the chelengk, the saucer with the full arms and insignia, the saucer 15.8cm diam(2)
Footnotes:
Provenance
Vice-Admiral Horatio, Lord Nelson
Emma, Lady Hamilton
Viscount Bridport, Christie's, 11 July 1895
Christie's, 10 October 1988, lot 409

This important cup and saucer will be one of twenty similar Coalport cups and twenty-two saucers included in Lord Bridport's sale in 1895. It was subsequently sold at Christie's on 10 October 1988, lot 409 and bears an old collection label on the saucer referencing the 'Trustees of the R.P. Collection'.

Eleven of these cups and saucers are now in the National Maritime Museum (eight from the Nelson-Ward Collection and three from the Sutcliffe Smith Collection).