Bowl

ca. 1777-90 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Salad bowl or basin of soft-paste porcelain, transfer-printed in underglaze blue with sprays of flowers, fruit, vegetables and butterflies; round the rim, which is turned over, is a diaper-pattern border.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain transfer-printed in underglaze blue
Brief description
Salad bowl or basin, soft-paste porcelain transfer-printed in underglaze blue, Caughley Porcelain Factory, Shropshire, 1777-90
Physical description
Salad bowl or basin of soft-paste porcelain, transfer-printed in underglaze blue with sprays of flowers, fruit, vegetables and butterflies; round the rim, which is turned over, is a diaper-pattern border.
Dimensions
  • Height: 12.4cm
  • Diameter: 29.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
A large 'C' (In blue)
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Historical context
Although the decoration suggests this piece was intended as a salad bowl, this or similar designs are known on ewer and basin sets (see G. Godden, Caughley and Worcester Porcelains ..., revised edition 1981, pl. 210)
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
For these prints see The Caughley Society, Caughley Blue & White Patterns (2012), cat. D07, where they are dated 1777-90
Collection
Accession number
3362-1901

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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