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

Tea Bowl and Saucer

ca. 1800-1811 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tea bowl and saucer of lead-glazed hard-paste porcelain. The saucer has a diapered gilt border round the rim, then a wide band with four groups of growing flowers and then a second border of diaper enclosing in a central medallion a pot of flowers. The cup is decorated in a similar manner.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Cup
  • Saucer
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain with a lead glaze, painted in enamels
Brief description
Tea bowl and saucer, possibly Thomas Wolfe & Co., Staffordshire, about 1800-11, hard-paste porcelain with a lead glaze, painted in enamels
Physical description
Tea bowl and saucer of lead-glazed hard-paste porcelain. The saucer has a diapered gilt border round the rim, then a wide band with four groups of growing flowers and then a second border of diaper enclosing in a central medallion a pot of flowers. The cup is decorated in a similar manner.
Marks and inscriptions
A circle, impressed
Gallery label
Teabowl and saucer Possibly made by Thomas Wolfe & Co., Staffordshire, England about 1800-11 Hard-paste porcelain with a lead glaze, painted in enamels C.319&A-1916 Given by C. B. Farmer, Esq. From the class designated 'Factory Z', attributed to Thomas Wolfe & Co.(16/07/2008)
Credit line
Given by C. B. Farmer, Esq.
Production
From the class designated 'Factory Z', attributed to Thomas Wolfe & Co.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.319&A-1916

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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