Tea Bowl
ca. 1770-83 (made)
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Tea bowl of soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, and decorated outside with festoons of gilt vine leaves on a dark blue band with a shaped edge, and below are sprays of flowers, and on the bottom inside is also a floral stray.
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Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded |
Brief description | Tea bowl of soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, made by William Duesbury & Co., Derby, ca. 1770-83 |
Physical description | Tea bowl of soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, and decorated outside with festoons of gilt vine leaves on a dark blue band with a shaped edge, and below are sprays of flowers, and on the bottom inside is also a floral stray. |
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Marks and inscriptions | An anchor (Maker's mark painted (overglaze) in gold on underside) |
Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
Object history | One of two cups with 414:398-1885 (Sch. I 219) These pieces were purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Morgan, London, for £1 5 shillings in October 1866. Acquired as Chelsea porcelain. |
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Bibliographic reference | For this pattern, see Stephen Mitchell, The Marks on Chelsea-Derby and Early Crossed-Batons Useful Wares, 2007, pl. 18, where dated 1770-83 |
Other number | Sch. I 219A - Schreiber number |
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Accession number | 414:398/A-1885 |
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Record created | August 14, 2008 |
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