tea cup & saucer
Worcester Porcelain Factory 1751
Summary
Public: Tea cup and saucer made of soft paste porcelain, painted underglaze cobalt blue and gilt with striped pattern. Private: Wide tea cup of shanked or spiral fluted shape with indented horizontal band round lower body. Tapering footring and loop handle. Painted with underglaze blue narrow stripes along every other flute, covered in gilt pattern of wavy stem weaving round large dots. White flutes in between decorated with alternating gilt patterns of scrolling waves and simple foliage stems. Gilt edge to rim and round top of footring, gilt detail on handle. Deep saucer with curving sides and tapered footring, indented horizontal band round lower body. Spiral fluted upper surface decorated with same pattern of alternating narrow blue and gilt bands, and white flutes with gilt patterning. Central white panel in well surrounded by scalloped gilt outline, and containing small formal floral motif in blue and gilt at centre.
Object Name
tea cup & saucer
Creators Name
Date Created
1790=1795 (circa)
Dimensions
saucer: 3cm
teacup: 5.6cm x 10.9cm
accession number
1917.490/2
Collection Group
Place of creation
Worcester
Medium
Credit
Leicester Collier Bequest
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