Coffee can
Caughley Porcelain Works
Category
Ceramics
Date
1775 - 1799
Materials
Soft paste porcelain
Place of origin
Caughley
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Benthall Hall, Shropshire
NT 509402
Summary
Coffee can, straight sides tapering to foot ring, simple handle. Printed in underglaze blue with the 'Royal Lily' pattern, deep blue and gilt border to inner and outer rim and base. Made circa 1775 - 1799. Accompanied by matching saucer.
Provenance
Item offered to the National Trust in lieu of tax from Sir Paul Benthall's estate, March 1993. Appears in Sotheby's 1993 Inventory p.10 .
Makers and roles
Caughley Porcelain Works, maker