Moore Bros Art Nouveau Teacup w Figure Japonisme Orange Green 1902-05 porcelain

  

Japonisme/Aesthetic design in orange & green. Elegant form with gilt detail. That narrow production window adds a useful note of scarcity: this is not a broad "circa" piece, but one from the final years of Moore Bros production. One of the Moore Brothers was Bernard Moore, famous for discovering the secret of a sought-after Chinese red glaze.

Favoured by the Royal Family, they had a showroom on the Isle of Wight, close to Osborne House which they supplied with china. The decoration is particularly appealing-an orientalising interior scene with a seated figure, stylised foliage, and cloud forms rendered in a restrained palette of iron-red orange, jade green and soft gilt.

The composition has a graphic clarity that feels closer to early 20th-century design than Victorian excess. The form complements the decoration: a gently flared cup with a refined double-scroll handle, paired with a softly moulded saucer, both edged with gilt and a dotted border-controlled, elegant detailing typical of the better Moore output. This is a piece that works equally well as collectable English porcelain or as a decorative object with real presence. No cracks or restoration observed. Light wear to gilding (notably on handle and rim). Minor kiln/firing marks consistent with age.