- Museum number
- P195.1
P195.2 - Object
- Teapot and cover, Chelsea Porcelain Factory, soft-paste porcelain, about 1750
- Description
- Small teapot and cover, English, Bow factory, c. 1750. Soft paste porcelain with relief moulded and applied decoration, translucent glaze. The pot of globular form with simple handle and spout, slightly raised foot rim, domed lid with round knop, the lower sides of the pot and dome of lid decorated with appplied relief moulded sprays of prunus blossom, the whole left in the white with translucent glaze.Teapot (P195.1) and cover (P195.2).
- Materials
- Porcelain
- Inscription
- None
- On display?
- Yes
Further description
- Simple name
- Ceramic
Lid - Subject
- Decorative
- Dimensions
- regular: 10.16cm (w)
Teapot
Chelsea Porcelain Factory
Soft-paste porcelain, about 1750
P195
Bequest of James Calder, 1944
Blanc de Chine is a type of white Chinese porcelain made at Dehua in Fujian province. Large quantities were exported to Europe. The raised flowering plum (prunus) motif was much copied as in these English examples.
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