Very Rare Longton Hall Fancy Birds on Branches Pattern Coffee Cup c1756-60

A very rare Longton Hall porcelain coffee can, hand painted with birds in branches to one side and a bird in flight to the other.

The cup measures 7.8cm in diameter including the handle and stands 6.4cm tall.

3cm hairline crack to the left of the handle and another 5cm hairline opposite. There is also a 5mm chip, two smaller chips to the rim and a small chip to the inside of the foot.

Unmarked.

A similarly decorated teabowl and saucer where sold at Bonhams, Part of the Barbara Leake collection, lot 59.