Bowl

1785-90 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Salad bowl of soft-paste porcelain transfer-printed in underglaze blue. Four-sided with inturned angles. Inside is a Chinese lake-scene and a border of butterflies and diapers. Outside is a lake scene repeated four times.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain transfer-printed in underglaze blue
Brief description
Salad bowl of soft-paste porcelain transfer-printed in underglaze blue, Caughley Porcelain Factory, Caughley, ca. 1785-1799.
Physical description
Salad bowl of soft-paste porcelain transfer-printed in underglaze blue. Four-sided with inturned angles. Inside is a Chinese lake-scene and a border of butterflies and diapers. Outside is a lake scene repeated four times.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.8cm
  • Diameter: 27.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
'S' and a cross (In underglaze blue)
Credit line
Given by Alfred Darby, Esq.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
For this pattern see The Caughley Society, Caughley Blue & White Patterns (2012), cat. E23, where dated 1780-90; for the border pattern see H04, where dated 1785-90
Collection
Accession number
C.141-1921

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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