Tea bowl
Lowestoft Porcelain Factory
Category
Ceramics
Date
1775 - 1780
Materials
soft paste porcelain
Measurements
57 mm (Height); 84 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Lowestoft
Order this imageCollection
Wallington, Northumberland
NT 581905.1
Summary
Teabowl with a saucer, soft-paste porcelain, with underglaze blue and overglaze iron-red with chinoiserie pattern of flowering shrub and bird decoration, sometimes known as the "Redgrave" or "two-bird" pattern, Lowestoft, c. 1775-1780. Pattern illustrated in Geoffrey A. Godden 'The Illustrated Guide to Lowestoft Porcelain', London 1969, Col. Plate III.
Provenance
Gift from Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan 3rd Bt
Marks and inscriptions
167 (in red ink on the card)
Makers and roles
Lowestoft Porcelain Factory, manufacturer