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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Tea Bowl and Saucer

1796 (dated)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tea bowl and saucer, hard-paste porcelain with a lead glaze painted in enamels and gilt, with sheep in a pastoral landscape surmounted by the date 1796 which was the year of the founding of the factory and the crest wheat ears, of the Thomson of Tywardreath, Cornwall within gilt rims. The cup has no handle.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Cup
  • Saucer
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain with a lead glaze, painted in enamels and gilt
Brief description
Tea bowl and saucer, hard-paste porcelain with a lead glaze painted in enamels and gilt, crest of Thomson of Tywardreath, decorated by Fidelle Duvivier, made by New Hall porcelain factory, Staffordshire, dated 1796
Physical description
Tea bowl and saucer, hard-paste porcelain with a lead glaze painted in enamels and gilt, with sheep in a pastoral landscape surmounted by the date 1796 which was the year of the founding of the factory and the crest wheat ears, of the Thomson of Tywardreath, Cornwall within gilt rims. The cup has no handle.
Marks and inscriptions
'1796' (Date)
Gallery label
Cup and saucer Decorated by Fidelle Duvivier, made by New Hall porcelain factory, Staffordshire, England dated 1796 Hard-paste porcelain with a lead glaze, painted in enamels and gilt C.31&A-1938 Wallace Elliott Bequest Painted with the crest of Thomson of Tywardreath, Cornwall(16/07/2008)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr Wallace Elliot
Object history
Other pieces from this service are in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Gift of Mr. Walter T. Wells, 55.101.17.1-.5). Items from the service have previously been attributed to the Pinxton factory (which was the attribution of this piece on acquisition in 1938).
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.31&A-1938

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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