Tea bowl and saucer
Caughley Porcelain Works
Category
Ceramics
Date
1775 - 1799
Materials
Porcelain
Place of origin
Broseley
Order this imageCollection
Benthall Hall, Shropshire
NT 509415
Summary
Circular fluted tea bowl, scalloped rim and raised on foot ring. Also a matching saucer. Printed in underglaze blue with the 'Pagoda pattern' with associated border around inner rim, border group to centre, added gilding. Inscribed in blue “S” as a printed mark in the underglaze on the underside. Made circa 1775 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