tea service

Thomas Dimmock Jr & Co

Summary

Toy tea service, white earthenware, with underglaze transfer-printed decoration of black veins imitating marble. Service comprises rounded bag-shaped Rococo Revival teapot on everted foot, with slight vertical ribs to main body, rising to flared flattened shoulder, S-shaped spout and C-scroll handle with leafy spurs near terminals and thumbrest, quatrefoil knop to cover; deep slop bowl on rolled everted foot; squat globular sugar bowl on everted foot, with slight vertical ribs and flared flattened shoulder, two outward scrolling lug handles and quatrefoil knop to cover; squat globular milk jug rising to high lip with C-scroll handle; six cups of deep bowl form on rolled everted foot with small ear-shaped handle; six deep saucers with curved rims; two shallow plates with slightly waved rims.

Display Label

Material Look-alikes Nature and science provide designers and makers with a vast choice of possible materials from curious organics to modern synthetics. In the display case to your left some of the objects are made from materials deliberately disguised to look like others. Can you spot the impostors? The answers are on the labels or in the folder below.