Tea Bowl
ca. 1782 (made)
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Tea bowl, of lead-glazed hard-paste porcelain, painted in dark underglaze blue and gilded; decorated outside with a border in blue and gold from which hang gilt festoons, and inside with a floral spray
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue and gilded |
| Brief description | Tea bowl, of lead-glazed hard-paste porcelain, painted in dark underglaze blue and gilded, made by New Hall porcelain factory, Shelton New Hall, ca. 1782 |
| Physical description | Tea bowl, of lead-glazed hard-paste porcelain, painted in dark underglaze blue and gilded; decorated outside with a border in blue and gold from which hang gilt festoons, and inside with a floral spray |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Double 'L' / '1782' (The double L is in blue enamel in imitation of Sèvres porcelain, and the date is painted in gold) |
| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | One of two cups with 414:646/A-1885 (Sch. I 486A) These pieces were purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Sayer, Bordeaux, for £1 10 shillings in October 1875. In her Journals (vol. I, p. 371) she records: 'The Sayers have not nearly such good stock as they had previously, but we found ... two very curious Worcester cups, bearing a forged Sèvres mark, and (in gold) the date 1782'. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Holgate, David. New Hall. London : Faber & Faber, 1987. 127 p.
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| Other number | Sch. I 486 - Schreiber number |
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| Accession number | 414:646-1885 |
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| Record created | January 16, 2009 |
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