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

Tea Bowl and Saucer

ca. 1790-1800 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tea-bowl and saucer of lead-glazed hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels. Both tea-bowl and saucer ar painted with scattered sprays of flowers in a late Chinese 'famille rose' style. The border has an arching pattern in rose, lilac, iron-red, and blue.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Tea Bowl
  • Saucer
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain with a lead glaze, painted in enamels
Brief description
Teabowl and saucer, made by New Hall porcelain factory, Staffordshire, about 1790-1800, hard-paste porcelain with a lead glaze, painted in enamels
Physical description
Tea-bowl and saucer of lead-glazed hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels. Both tea-bowl and saucer ar painted with scattered sprays of flowers in a late Chinese 'famille rose' style. The border has an arching pattern in rose, lilac, iron-red, and blue.
Dimensions
  • Of tea bowl diameter: 8.6cm
  • Of saucer diameter: 13.2cm
Gallery label
Teabowl and saucer Probably made by New Hall porcelain factory, Staffordshire, England about 1790-1800 Hard-paste porcelain with a lead glaze, painted in enamels C.69&A-1969 Given by W. H. Maund, Esq.(16/07/2008)
Credit line
Given by W. H. Maund, Esq.
Production
The decoration corresponds to the New Hall factory's hard-paste porcelain pattern no. 298
Collection
Accession number
C.69&A-1969

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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