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ca. 1770 (made)
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Tea bowl of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, and painted outside with exotic birds among bushes and with insects in shaped panels bordered with gilt scrollwork and reserved in white on a ground of dark blue scale-pattern, and painted inside is a butterfly.
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Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted with enamels and gilded |
Brief description | Tea bowl of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, made by Worcester porcelain factory, Worcester, ca. 1770. |
Physical description | Tea bowl of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, and painted outside with exotic birds among bushes and with insects in shaped panels bordered with gilt scrollwork and reserved in white on a ground of dark blue scale-pattern, and painted inside is a butterfly. |
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Marks and inscriptions | A fretted square (In blue) |
Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
Object history | Part of a set of two tea bowls and saucers 414:650/ to C-1885 (Sch. I 560 to C) These pieces were purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Dalgleish, London, for £5 in December 1867 |
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Other number | Sch. I 560 - Schreiber number |
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Accession number | 414:650-1885 |
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Record created | January 22, 2009 |
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