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Tea bowl and saucer
Tea bowl, soaprock porcelain, short foot-rim and rounded sides; transfer-printed in underglaze blue with around the exterior sides the 'fence' pattern, an oriental-style design of a fence enclosing rocks and flowering plants, around the rest of the exterior sides secondary prints of rocks, flowers and birds, a further print of leaves to the interior bottom of the bowl, two blue lines around the interior lip-rim. Saucer, soaprock porcelain, short foot-rim and curving sides; transfer-printed in underglaze blue with to the well the 'fence' pattern as on the cup, a secondary print of rocks and flying birds, two blue lines around the rim.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 37136
Creation/Production
Caughley
Date: 1780-1785 ca.
Acquisition
Gift, 1/2/1918
Given by W.S de Winton
Measurements
Height
(cm): 4
diam
(cm): 6.5
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 2
Height
(cm): 2.8
diam
(cm): 11
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 4
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
transfer-printed
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soaprock porcelain
Location
In store
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