A set of six aesthetic or 'Japanesque' Royal Worcester tea cups, five coffee cups and three saucers, 1878, transfer printed in blue with textile patterns and decorated in raised gilding with grasses, saucer 13.5cm diam, impressed and printed marks Two coffee cups broken and re-stuck, handle of another coffee cup stapled, fourth coffee cup cracked, fifth coffee cup handle in pieces (pieces present). Teacups - one cracked, several stained, handle of another repaired. Saucers in good condition with some slight wear to the gilding on the rim. A rare pattern