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

Tea Bowl and Saucer

ca. 1792-1810 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tea-bowl and saucer in lead-glazed hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels. Hemispherical handleless tea-bowl with vertical ribbing, standing on a low foot ring. Plain saucer with feint ribbing radiating from the plain central section. Both tea-bowl and saucer have a border consisting of a shell-motif painted in purple between yellow scrolls, alternating with a single rose and leaves, with pendant leaves and flowers suspended by lines of blue dots between them. In the centre of the saucer is a motif of two roses back to back, with smaller roses and leaves.


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
Brief description
Tea bowl and saucer, possibly made by A. & E. Keeling, Staffordshire, about 1792-1810, hard-paste porcelain with a lead glaze, painted in enamels
Physical description
Tea-bowl and saucer in lead-glazed hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels. Hemispherical handleless tea-bowl with vertical ribbing, standing on a low foot ring. Plain saucer with feint ribbing radiating from the plain central section. Both tea-bowl and saucer have a border consisting of a shell-motif painted in purple between yellow scrolls, alternating with a single rose and leaves, with pendant leaves and flowers suspended by lines of blue dots between them. In the centre of the saucer is a motif of two roses back to back, with smaller roses and leaves.
Dimensions
  • Of cup diameter: 8.3cm
  • Of saucer diameter: 13.3cm
  • Of tea bowl height: 4.8cm
Gallery label
Teabowl and saucer Possibly made by A. & E. Keeling, Staffordshire, England about 1792-1810 Hard-paste porcelain with a lead glaze, painted in enamels C.98&A-1966 Given by Ralph Fastnedge, Esq., D.F.C., B.A., in memory of his wife, the late Eveline Fastnedge(16/07/2008)
Credit line
Given by Ralph Fastnedge DFC, BA, in memory of his wife, the late Eveline Fastnedge
Production
Acquired as 'New Hall, late 18th-century'. Examined by David Holgate 1967, who considered it 'not to be New Hall.'
Collection
Accession number
C.98&A-1966

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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