Tea-Bowl and Saucer

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Artist/Maker	Derby Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
Place of origin	Derby (made) London (decorated)

Tea cup and saucer of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Decorated with a trellis pattern with a light blue ground in areas, including the outer rim and foot of the tea-bowl, and outer rim and rim of the centre of the saucer.

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Categories	Ceramics Porcelain
Object type	Tea-bowl and saucer
Parts	This object consists of 2 parts. Cup Saucer
Materials and techniques	Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded Soft Paste Porcelain Painted Gilded
Brief description	Tea-bowl and saucer of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, William Duesbury & Co., Derby, probably decorated in London, 1770-1780
Physical description	Tea cup and saucer of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Decorated with a trellis pattern with a light blue ground in areas, including the outer rim and foot of the tea-bowl, and outer rim and rim of the centre of the saucer.
Style	Chelsea-Derby
Marks and inscriptions	'D' by the side of an anchor (In gold) Transliteration .
Credit line	Bequeathed by Mr John George Joicey
Production	For this type of Derby teabowl and saucer and their marks see Mitchell, Stephen. The Marks on Chelsea-Derby and Early Crossed Batons Useful Wares. London: SGM Books, 2007, Pl. 33(iii), where they are dated to the 1770s and where the decoration is considered probably by an independent enameller, rather than attributed to the Chelsea porcelain factory.
Subjects depicted	Trellis Pattern Medallion
Collection	Ceramics Collection
Accession number	C.1272&A-1919

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Record created	June 24, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O345194/tea-bowl-and-derby-porcelain-factory/

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