Additional Image:

The other side of the coffee cup is printed with a portico-ed country house set in extensive grounds.  This appears to be  Claremont House.

 

Shape Type: Breakfast & Tea Wares

Pattern Type: Genre Scenes

Date: c. 1775-1780

Maker: John Pennington Liverpool

Description:

Considering how frequently L'Amour is found on Worcester porcelain, it is surprising that it was not used more extensively by the Liverpool porcelain factories.  The version seen on this coffee cup, attributed to John Pennington, does not appear to be in the style associated with the Sadler and Green decorating shop and the printing was perhaps carried out at John's factory.  A different version of L'Amour...


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