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Tea Bowl and Saucer

ca. 1780 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tea bowl and saucer of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels. Decorated with a band of wavy interlacing lines in purple below a narrow dotted border in greyish-blue.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Cup
  • Saucer
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels
Brief description
Tea bowl and saucer of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels, Bristol porcelain factory, Bristol, ca. 1780.
Physical description
Tea bowl and saucer of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels. Decorated with a band of wavy interlacing lines in purple below a narrow dotted border in greyish-blue.
Marks and inscriptions
  • Crossed swords with a dot between the hilts (In underglaze blue)
  • Transliteration
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Credit line
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Object history
One of two tea cups and saucers with C.635&A-1935. Formerly in the Alfred Trapnell Collection.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.635B&C-1935

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Record createdJuly 30, 2009
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