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Cup and saucer, hard-paste porcelain, hamispherical cup standing on a foot rim, rounded sides, floriate C-scroll handle; painted with polychrome enamels, opposite handle with an exotic bird in yellow, brown, red and puce enamels standing on a pile of stones, a branch with puce flowers issuing to right, and another with red/brown pods to left, gilt line at lip, and gilding to handle, green`ermine tail' painted inside. Saucer, also standing on a shallow footring, is painted with an exotic bird in blue, yellow, red and puce, perching on a curving floral spray bearing folige and nuts, gilt line at rim.