Two Derby custard cups and covers, circa 1810Two Derby custard cups and covers, circa 1810Of bucket shape with angular handles, the gently domed covers with globular finials, finely painted with botanical specimens, probably by William 'Quaker' Pegg, the crest of a snake painted in between the specimens, 9cm high, crown, crossed batons and D marks in red, 29 in puce (4)ProvenanceBonhams, 8 September 2004, lot 227 (one only)G C Bond CollectionTwo more cups from the same service are in the Royal Crown Derby Museum and are illustrated by John Twitchett, Derby Porcelain (2002), p.196. See also p.133 for eight plates of the pattern. The service may have been ordered by a member of the Cavendish family, but a number of other families share the same crest.