Coffee cup and saucer, bone china, U-shape cup, both components with a band of embossed jewels on a puce ground and gilded palmette borders; base of cup, painted pattern number 2/1631 and printed registered design mark with encoded date of 15th February 1871, underside of saucer, impressed factory mark only, made by Powell and Bishop, Hanley, Staffordshire, 1871+ (1876+)
the impressed mark on the saucer was one not used by Powell and Bishop before 1876, indicating either a later replacement or a date of 1876+ for both components
the impressed mark on the saucer was one not used by Powell and Bishop before 1876, indicating either a later replacement or a date of 1876+ for both components
