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

Tea Bowl

ca. 1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tea bowl of hard-paste porcelain, painted in dark greyish underglaze blue; inverted bell-shaped with a wavy edge; painted with a slight border of floral devices, and on the outside are sprays of flowers


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in dark greyish underglaze blue
Brief description
Tea bowl of hard-paste porcelain, painted in dark greyish underglaze blue, inverted bell-shaped with a wavy edge, made by Plymouth Porcelain Factory, Plymouth, ca. 1770
Physical description
Tea bowl of hard-paste porcelain, painted in dark greyish underglaze blue; inverted bell-shaped with a wavy edge; painted with a slight border of floral devices, and on the outside are sprays of flowers
Dimensions
  • Height: 5.6cm
  • Diameter: 7.6cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
Sign for tin (In blue)
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Part of two tea bowls and saucers 414:724/ to C-1885 (Sch. I 693 to C)
These two tea bowls and saucers were purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Miss Tregellis, Knightsbridge, for £1 in November 1868
Subject depicted
Other number
Sch. I 693B - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:724/B-1885

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Record createdFebruary 4, 2009
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