Teapot and Lid
ca. 1765 (made)
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Object Type
Although small and intended for a child, the service that includes this teapot was probably intended for actual use, as the cups are large enough. Like many ceramic tea services, this one includes both tea bowls and handled cups of a type usually thought to have been for coffee. Tea cups with handles were being made in England at the time that this service was made, but handle-less bowls of the Chinese type were more common. The service includes a small jug for milk or cream - often added to tea after about 1720, when fermented black teas became more popular than the unfermented green varieties - and a covered bowl for refined white sugar.
Materials & Making
The Bow porcelain factory, where the service was made, produced a type of porcelain strengthened with ashes from animal bones. The result was a comparatively durable ceramic material, one that would have been suitable for making wares for children.
Trading
Bow porcelain was sold from a warehouse on the factory site, from London showrooms, and it could be purchased at auction or from dealers in smaller cities. Much was also sold to merchants for export to the American colonies and elsewhere.
Although small and intended for a child, the service that includes this teapot was probably intended for actual use, as the cups are large enough. Like many ceramic tea services, this one includes both tea bowls and handled cups of a type usually thought to have been for coffee. Tea cups with handles were being made in England at the time that this service was made, but handle-less bowls of the Chinese type were more common. The service includes a small jug for milk or cream - often added to tea after about 1720, when fermented black teas became more popular than the unfermented green varieties - and a covered bowl for refined white sugar.
Materials & Making
The Bow porcelain factory, where the service was made, produced a type of porcelain strengthened with ashes from animal bones. The result was a comparatively durable ceramic material, one that would have been suitable for making wares for children.
Trading
Bow porcelain was sold from a warehouse on the factory site, from London showrooms, and it could be purchased at auction or from dealers in smaller cities. Much was also sold to merchants for export to the American colonies and elsewhere.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels |
| Brief description | Teapot and lid of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels of bouquets and sprays of flowers, made by Bow Porcelain Factory, London, ca. 1765. |
| Physical description | Teapot and lid of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels of bouquets and sprays of flowers. |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | Part of a toy tea service 414:123 to /L-1885 (Sch. I 81 to L) The set was purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Partridge, London, for £3 in April 1877 |
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| Summary | Object Type Although small and intended for a child, the service that includes this teapot was probably intended for actual use, as the cups are large enough. Like many ceramic tea services, this one includes both tea bowls and handled cups of a type usually thought to have been for coffee. Tea cups with handles were being made in England at the time that this service was made, but handle-less bowls of the Chinese type were more common. The service includes a small jug for milk or cream - often added to tea after about 1720, when fermented black teas became more popular than the unfermented green varieties - and a covered bowl for refined white sugar. Materials & Making The Bow porcelain factory, where the service was made, produced a type of porcelain strengthened with ashes from animal bones. The result was a comparatively durable ceramic material, one that would have been suitable for making wares for children. Trading Bow porcelain was sold from a warehouse on the factory site, from London showrooms, and it could be purchased at auction or from dealers in smaller cities. Much was also sold to merchants for export to the American colonies and elsewhere. |
| Other number | Sch. I 81&A - Schreiber number |
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| Accession number | 414:123/&A-1885 |
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| Record created | April 7, 2003 |
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