A very rare and exceptionally beautiful tea and coffee set, aka true trio!The trio was made at the Coalport factory in the 1840s, using a rare and complex mould, with embossed edges and a high handle with a split upper terminal. An identical mould can be found in Michael Berthoud''s Compendium of English cups on page 185.But it’s not just about the mould. Here we have a rare type of painting, where the reserves on the items are not just painted with floral compositions but also include landscape pieces – such painting is more difficult to execute and is much rarer!Painting of this level was performed at Coalport by Cecil Jones, a very talented artist and a recognized maestro of floral painting. In old Coalport pattern books, some patterns are clearly attributed as his work; unfortunately, the pattern on this trio is lost (pages are missing), but by all indications, it is Jones''s work.Items are marked to the reverse by a pattern number in gold 4/121 Dimensions: teac...