A Spode Imari tea cup and saucer, circa 1807, pattern 967 introduced in that year from a Japanese kakiemon design, the straight-sided can and saucer with richly embellished brocaded borders with scrolls, beads and stylised flora, a strikingly modern bamboo motif to the lower body and also to the saucer dish, in cobalt, iron red, salmon and green colours with gilt enrichments; pattern number underside to can. Height 6.5 cm. (cup) diameter 14 cm. (saucer).