- Museum number
- C846A1
C846A2 - Object
- Tea bowl and saucer, Derby Porcelain Factory, soft-paste porcelain, about 1775
- Description
- Tea Bowl, part of a set with Saucer. English, Derby, 1770-80. Porcelain with relief moulding and decorated in enamel colours with gilding. Fluted shape with shallow relief moulding, gilt rim, turquoise band around the top from which are suspended festoons of naturalistic flowers, gilt band around the foot rim.
- Materials
- Porcelain
- Inscription
- Crown and D in blue
- On display?
- Yes
Further description
- Simple name
- Cup
Saucer - Subject
- Floral
Tea bowl and saucer
Derby Porcelain Factory
Soft-paste porcelain, about 1775
C846
Given by Mr C A King, 1928
Plants and flowers were a major source of inspiration for the designers of eighteenth-century porcelain. They were painted in underglaze blue, brightly coloured overglaze enamels or gleaming gold. In naturalistic rococo pieces moulded flowers and leaves form decorative finials, handles and even entire objects.
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