Tea bowl and saucer
Caughley Porcelain Works
Category
Ceramics
Date
1775 - 1799
Materials
Soft paste porcelain
Place of origin
Broseley
Order this imageCollection
Benthall Hall, Shropshire
NT 509387
Summary
Teabowl and saucer, soft-paste porcelain, plain, raised on foot ring, printed in underglaze blue with the so-called "'Bridge and Windmill" pattern, shrub motif to centre, secondary landscape print to reverse of teabowl, cross-hatched border around inner rim of both, circa 1775 - 1799 (circa), Caughley Porcelain Works, Shropshire.
Provenance
Made at Caughley, Shropshire circa 1775 - 1799. Owned by Sir Arthur Paul Benthall. Accepted in lieu of tax by H.M. Treasury in March 1993 following the death of Sir Arthur Paul Benthall in 1992 and allocated to the National Trust for display at Benthall Hall.
Makers and roles
Caughley Porcelain Works, maker