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

Tea Bowl and Saucer

ca. 1782-1790 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tea-bowl and saucer in lead-glazed hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels. Hemi-spherical handleless tea-bowl with low foot ring. Plain saucer with low foot ring. Painted with an undulating purple ribbon through which runs a horizontal line in pink interrupted by a herring-bone motif alternating with a spray of flowers and leaves painted in purple, pink and green.


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
Teabowl and saucer, made by New Hall porcelain factory, Staffordshire, about 1782-90, hard-paste porcelain with a lead glaze, painted in enamels
Physical description
Tea-bowl and saucer in lead-glazed hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels. Hemi-spherical handleless tea-bowl with low foot ring. Plain saucer with low foot ring. Painted with an undulating purple ribbon through which runs a horizontal line in pink interrupted by a herring-bone motif alternating with a spray of flowers and leaves painted in purple, pink and green.
Dimensions
  • Of tea bowl height: 5cm
  • Of tea bowl diameter: 8.5cm
  • Of saucer diameter: 12.7cm
Dimensions converted from imperial
Gallery label
Teabowl and saucer made by New Hall porcelain factory, Staffordshire, England about 1782-90 Hard-paste porcelain with a lead glaze, painted in enamels C.97&A-1966 Given by Ralph Fastnedge, Esq., D.F.C., B.A., in memory of his wife, the late Eveline Fastnedge(16/07/2008)
Credit line
Given by Ralph Fastnedge DFC, BA, in memory of his wife, the late Eveline Fastnedge
Production
The painted decoration corresponds to New Hall's hard-paste porcelain pattern no. 172.
Collection
Accession number
C.97&A-1966

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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