Two Liverpool (Richard Chaffers) coffee cups and two teabowls and saucers, circa 1756-65

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Two Liverpool (Richard Chaffers) coffee cups and two teabowls and saucers, circa 1756-65 The earlier cup finely painted in blue in the 'Casual Fisherman' pattern, 6cm high, the other with an abstract Chinese landscape and a figure in a sampan, 6.3cm high, one teabowl and saucer in 'Ghostly Rock' or 'Trifid' pattern, a strange rock formation between a fisherman in a boat and a hut, the other example with the 'Wire Fence' pattern, Chinese garden, bamboo sprouting in front of a fence, with a diaper border, saucers 12-12.5cm diam (6) Footnotes: Provenance Watney Collection, Phillips, 1 November 2000, lot 1023 (part) ('Casual Fisherman' cup) Lyn and Maurice Hillis Collection Literature Maurice Hillis, Liverpool Porcelain (2011), p.189, fig.5.106 ('Ghostly Rock' teabowl and saucer), p.190, fig.5.107 ('Wire Fence' teabowl and saucer) and p.198, fig.5.135 ('Casual Fisherman' coffee cup) The 'Casual Fisherman' cup is particularly early and finely potted with a slightly everted rim. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing

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Two Liverpool (Richard Chaffers) coffee cups and two teabowls and saucers, circa 1756-65

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Feb 12, 2026, 7:23 AM EST

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