Bowl
ca. 1777-90 (made)
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Salad bowl or basin of soft-paste porcelain, transfer-printed in underglaze blue with sprays of flowers, fruit, vegetables and butterflies; round the rim, which is turned over, is a diaper-pattern border.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain transfer-printed in underglaze blue |
| Brief description | Salad bowl or basin, soft-paste porcelain transfer-printed in underglaze blue, Caughley Porcelain Factory, Shropshire, 1777-90 |
| Physical description | Salad bowl or basin of soft-paste porcelain, transfer-printed in underglaze blue with sprays of flowers, fruit, vegetables and butterflies; round the rim, which is turned over, is a diaper-pattern border. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | A large 'C' (In blue) |
| Credit line | Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street |
| Historical context | Although the decoration suggests this piece was intended as a salad bowl, this or similar designs are known on ewer and basin sets (see G. Godden, Caughley and Worcester Porcelains ..., revised edition 1981, pl. 210) |
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| Bibliographic reference | For these prints see The Caughley Society, Caughley Blue & White Patterns (2012), cat. D07, where they are dated 1777-90 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 3362-1901 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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