A Kerr & Binns Worcester porcelain tazza, dated 1859, the enamel decoration by Josiah Rushton, of classical kylix form, turquoise ground with gilt handles and borders to the rim and foot, the centre decorated with a portrait of Anne de Pisseleu d'Heilly, Duchesse d'Etampes, on a fine gilt ground within a laurel frame, signed by Rushton underside within the printed red shield factory mark, 9 cm high, 20 cm across the handles. Provenance: Geoffrey Godden ('Godden reference Collection' label with annotation '9/77' underside). Exhibited: 'Royal Worcester 1852?1901' (Royal Worcester summer exhibition), Worcester house, London, 8 June?30 September, 1961, no. 91. Condition: minor wear, small area of restoration to the foot only visible under Uv light