A CAUGHLEY YELLOW GROUND OVAL SUCRIER AND COVER WITH THE VERY RARE ROYAL ARMS MARK

A CAUGHLEY YELLOW GROUND OVAL SUCRIER AND COVER WITH THE VERY RARE ROYAL ARMS MARK, 1798-99 13.5cm h, moulded markProvenance: Godden Reference Collection; Mercury Antiques.Exhibited: 1999, No 761; 2005, No 242.Literature: 1969 reprinted 1981, p xxxiii; 1989, illustrated p 85; Godden's Guide to English Porcelain reprinted 1992, illustrated p126; 2013 illustrated p187.The only known example of a Caughley sucrier of the crinkled shape. Note the distinctive form of the knop and pronounced hard body. One of six or so examples with the Royal Arms mark moulded into the base.