Tea Bowl and Saucer

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Ceramics, Room 138, The Harry and Carol Djanogly Gallery

Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Staffordshire (made) Netherlands (painted)

Tea bowl and saucer of cream coloured lead-glazed earthenware painted with red, green, yellow and black enamels, with portraits of William V, Prince of Orange and his wife Frederica Sophia Wilhemina, niece of Frederick the Great, and with an orange tree between them and the initials 'PVOR'.

Object details

Categories	Ceramics Earthenware
Object type	Tea bowl and saucer
Parts	This object consists of 2 parts. Cup Saucer
Materials and techniques	Lead-glazed earthenware painted with enamels Lead Glaze Enamels Earthenware Painted
Brief description	Tea bowl and saucer of lead-glazed earthenware painted with enamels, made in Staffordshire and probably painted in Holland, ca. 1780.
Physical description	Tea bowl and saucer of cream coloured lead-glazed earthenware painted with red, green, yellow and black enamels, with portraits of William V, Prince of Orange and his wife Frederica Sophia Wilhemina, niece of Frederick the Great, and with an orange tree between them and the initials 'PVOR'.
Marks and inscriptions	'PVOR' (Prins van Oranje)
Gallery label	Cup and saucer depicting William V, Prince of Orange, and Princess Frederica Sophia Wilhelmina Made in StaffordshireHolland, about 1780 Lead-glazed earthenware 3560&A-1901 Jermyn Street Collection(23/05/2008)
Credit line	Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Object history	Made in commemoration of the Prince's marriage in 1767.
Subjects depicted	Portraits William v (Prince of Orange) Wilhelmina, Frederika Sophia
Collection	Ceramics Collection
Accession number	3560&A-1901

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Record created	March 31, 2008
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O151808/tea-bowl-and-unknown/

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