Of octagonal form, painted in blue with the 'Romantic Rocks' pattern (I.B.8), two crossed rocks in the centre, a traveller ascending another rock to the left, a Chinese hut to the right and a figure in a boat passing by, diaper borders to the rims, saucer 11.7cm wide, teabowl 4cm high, workman's mark to saucer (2)
Footnotes
Literature
White, Mary, Drinking at the Whites' House, Vol. 2, 2021, p. 356, fig. a
This pattern was taken from a drawing entitled 'Romantic rocks form'd by Art to Embellish a Prospect' by Jean Pillement, published in The Ladies' Amusement. A similar example from the Pauline and David Tate Collection was sold by Bonhams on 18 June 2024, lot 328, and another from the John Alchin Collection on 5 June 2019, lot 168.