Museum number
P228.1
P228.2
Object
Tea bowl and saucer, probably Richard Chaffers’ Porcelain Factory, Liverpool, soft-paste porcelain, about 1760
Description
Tea bowl (with saucer P228.2)English, Liverpool, possibly Chaffers factory, c. 1760. Porcelain decorated in enamel colours. The bowl of standard shape, decorated in enamel colours in the Chinese style depicting a lady holding a parasol, a boy standing beside her, beyond is a palisade and a waving tree. A small flower spray inside the bowl.
Materials
Porcelain
Inscription
None
On display?
Yes

Further description

Simple name
cup
saucer
Subject
Figure
Dimensions
regular: 4.445cm (w)
Cup and saucer Probably Richard Chaffers’ Porcelain Factory, Liverpool Soft-paste porcelain, about 1760 P228.1-2 Bequest of Mrs F Calder, 1954 Enormous quantities of Chinese and Japanese porcelain were imported into England during the eighteenth century. However, imports of Meissen and Sèvres from Europe were severely restricted. Factories such as Chelsea copied Meissen porcelain in the collections of its aristocratic clients. Other more modest factories developed their own naive but often charming chinoiseries that were quite different from those made in Germany and France.

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