Tea Bowl and Saucer
ca. 1780 (made)
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Tea bowl and saucer of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels. Decorated with a band of wavy interlacing lines in purple below a narrow dotted border in greyish-blue.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels |
| Brief description | Tea bowl and saucer of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels, Bristol porcelain factory, Bristol, ca. 1780. |
| Physical description | Tea bowl and saucer of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels. Decorated with a band of wavy interlacing lines in purple below a narrow dotted border in greyish-blue. |
| Marks and inscriptions | Crossed swords with a dot between the hilts (In underglaze blue) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Herbert Allen |
| Object history | One of two tea cups and saucers with C.635B&C-1935. Formerly in the Alfred Trapnell Collection. |
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| Accession number | C.635&A-1935 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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