Date is key to £1700 success of a £5 cup

ALTHOUGH Oriental pieces were the main strength of Woolley & Wallis’s (15% buyer's premium) quarterly specialist ceramics sale on February 25, there was also evidence of the continued strength of the market for unusual examples of early English porcelain.

This was emphasised by trade bidding on a 2 3/4in (7cm) high Bow blue and white cup, shown here toge…

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