Tea bowl and saucer
Caughley Porcelain Works
Category
Ceramics
Date
1775 - 1799
Materials
Porcelain
Place of origin
Broseley
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Benthall Hall, Shropshire
NT 509410
Summary
Plain circular tea bowl, raised on foot ring with matching saucer. Printed in underglaze blue with the 'Fenced Garden' pattern, small landscape medallion to centre, associated cellular and butterfly border around inner rim. Inscribed with an “S” in blue as a printed mark in the underglaze blue on underside. Made circa 1775 - 1799 by the Caughley Porcelain Works.
Provenance
Made in Shropshire circa 1775 - 1799. Owned by Sir Arthur Paul Benthall (1902 – 1992). Accepted in lieu of tax by H.M. Government in March 1993 following the death of Sir Arthur Paul Benthall in 1992 and allocated to the National Trust for display at Benthall Hall.
Marks and inscriptions
S (printed mark underglaze blue on underside)
Makers and roles
Caughley Porcelain Works, maker