Tea canister cover
Unknown
Category
Ceramics
Date
c. 1728
Materials
Ceramics, hard paste porcelain, enamels, gilding
Place of origin
Jingdezhen
Collection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 730797.2
Summary
Tea canister cover, hard paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, probably manufactured in Jingdezhen and decorated in Guangzhou, China (for the export market), Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Yongzheng reign (1722-1735), circa 1728, the only remaining piece from a tea service. Unmarked. Armorial porcelain decorated in the rouge-de-fer pattern with the arms of Hoare, a double-headed eagle, in a lozenge.
Provenance
Commissioned circa 1728. Associated with the tea service (730489) listed in the ‘Inventory of Heirlooms at Stourhead directed to be taken by the Will of the late Sir Richard Colt Hoare Bart.’, 1838, in the China Cupboard, as ‘Set of Oriental Tea China marked with the Family Crest containing 8 Tea Cups and 10 Saucers, Sugar Basin Cream pot, Stand & Cover 5 Coffee cups 4-5 saucers 2 Breakfast Cups 1 saucer & 1 Bread and Butter plate imperfect.’ Bequeathed by Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare, 6th Bt (1865 – 1947), 1946.
Makers and roles
Unknown, manufacturer Unknown, decorator