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

Tea Bowl, Saucer and Coffee Cup

ca. 1782-1787 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Trio of tea bowl, saucer and coffee cup of hard-paste porcelain. Each piece painted in a famille rose style with Chinese figures of a man proffering a flower to a woman holding a parasol, the scene taking place before a garden fence. The border with a simple arching design in iron-red, lilac and blue. The coffee cup with characteristic clip-handle.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Cup
  • Tea Bowl
  • Saucer
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain with a lead glaze, painted in enamels
Brief description
Trio of tea bowl, saucer and coffee cup, made by New Hall porcelain factory, Staffordshire, about 1782-87, hard-paste porcelain with a lead glaze, painted in enamels
Physical description
Trio of tea bowl, saucer and coffee cup of hard-paste porcelain. Each piece painted in a famille rose style with Chinese figures of a man proffering a flower to a woman holding a parasol, the scene taking place before a garden fence. The border with a simple arching design in iron-red, lilac and blue. The coffee cup with characteristic clip-handle.
Gallery label
Trio of teabowl, saucer and coffee cup made by New Hall porcelain factory, Staffordshire, England about 1782-87 Hard-paste porcelain with a lead glaze, painted in enamels C.70 to B-1969 Given by W. H. Maund, Esq.(16/07/2008)
Credit line
Given by W. H. Maund, Esq.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.70A to C-1969

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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