Tea bowl and saucer: C.85 & A-2010

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Factory: New Hall Porcelain Factory

Entities

Categories

Hybrid hard-paste porcelain

Description

Hybrid hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels with a basket of flowers, and an undulating stippled border. Pattern no. 171.

Hybrid hard-paste porcelain, moulded, glazed, and painted overglaze in green, puce, purple, and red enamels. The tea bowl has a scalloped rim, deep curved and ribbed (28) sides, and stands on a narrow footring. The circular saucer has curved sides with wide shallow fluting, and stands on a footring. The inside of the bowl is decorated in the centre with a basket of flowers and foliage, and below the rim with a border of purple dots between two red lines. On the outside there are six different floral sprigs and below the rim, an undulating horizontal line of purple dots. The saucer is decorated to match. Pattern no. 171.

Notes

History note: Unknown before testator

Legal notes

Dr Milo Keynes Bequest, 2009

Place(s) associated

Shelton ⪼ Staffordshire ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2009) by Keynes, W. M., Dr.

Dating

18th Century, Late
George III
Production date: circa AD 1790

Note

The pattern was derived from Chinese export porcelain

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamel ( green, puce, purple, and red)
Saucer Diameter 12.6 cm Height 3.5 cm
Tea Bowl Diameter 8.3 cm Height 4.8 cm

Materials used in production

presumed lead-glaze Glaze
Hybrid hard-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Moulding : Hybrid hard-paste porcelain, moulded, glazed, and painted overglaze in green, puce, purple, and red enamels
Glazing

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: circular white paper stick-on label

Text: I.E.1
Location: On base of both pieces
Method of creation: Hand-written in black ink
Type: Label

References and bibliographic entries

A Partial Reconstruction of the New Hall Pattern Book page(s): 6

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.85 & A-2010
Primary reference Number: 177465
Entry form number: 1027
Old object number: 1.E.1
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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