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

Tea Bowl

ca. 1783-93 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tea bowl of soft-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue and decorated with gilding. Reeded; decorated outside with floral sprays, and inside with a rosebud on the bottom and a border of conventional ornament round the rim.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue and gilded
Brief description
Tea bowl of soft-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue and gilded, Caughley Porcelain Factory, Shropshire, probably gilded at Chamberlain's factory, Worcester, ca. 1783-93
Physical description
Tea bowl of soft-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue and decorated with gilding. Reeded; decorated outside with floral sprays, and inside with a rosebud on the bottom and a border of conventional ornament round the rim.
Dimensions
  • Height: 5.1cm
  • Diameter: 8.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
's' (In blue)
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Object history
Given by Mrs. R. Overbury. Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
3344-1901

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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