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

Teabowl and Saucer

ca. 1760-62 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tea bowl and saucer of soft-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue and moulded in relief with three vertical or radial bands of trellis-pattern dividing the surface, below a narrow border of painted ornament into three compartment, each of which encloses a circular medallion with a beaded border surrounded by a floral ornament in relief, and each medallion has a small Chinese landscape painted in blue.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Cups
  • Saucer
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelai, painted in underglaze blue and moulded in relief
Brief description
Tea bowl and saucer of porcelain, painted with underglaze blue and moulded in relief, made by Lowestoft porcelain factory, Lowestoft, ca. 1760-62
Physical description
Tea bowl and saucer of soft-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue and moulded in relief with three vertical or radial bands of trellis-pattern dividing the surface, below a narrow border of painted ornament into three compartment, each of which encloses a circular medallion with a beaded border surrounded by a floral ornament in relief, and each medallion has a small Chinese landscape painted in blue.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'IH' (May refer to James Hughes who married, in October, 1760, Susanna, daughter of Robert Browne, or their son of the same name, born March 1, 1761.)
  • '1764' (In the moulded decoration)
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Allworthy, London, for £1 5 shillings in April 1870.
Acquired as Bow porcelain.
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. I 450&A - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:130/&A-1885

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Record createdJanuary 14, 2009
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