Cup

Cup – small, faience, hemispherical with a slightly defined foot, decorated around the rim with a wide strip of plant decoration, consisting of a two-tone pattern of stylised poppies (burgundy-red flower petals, dark green stem leaves), passing between two brown stripes. The decoration consists of a twice-repeated pattern with the motif of a cup-shaped poppy standing between two leafy pairs of stems, long, S-shaped and twisted, one ending in a poppy and the other in a dormant bud. The foot, like the decoration strip, is bordered with a brown stripe. On the underside of the foot, there are two green stamped marks. One is the manufacturer's signature depicting an anchor in an oval, with the inscription S.B. and "S /ENGLAND" underneath, the other is the signature of the London store SOUTH AUDLEY ST/ T. GOODE&Co/ LONDON. W. Next to the latter signature, there is a painter’s mark in the form of a large, burgundy dot.

Joanna Kluz