CUP AND SAUCER

CH1981.409

Clear uncrazed glaze. Probably soft paste porcelain rather than bone china. Deep saucer without well. Bat printed in red. Both landscapes but different scenes. It was common to have several different scenes in the one dinner set. Gilded edge. No marks. Same style and scenes as fig. 260 in Leonard Whiter Spode. This item has pattern number 557 indicating date ca 1799-1804. Bat printing usually in black, colours very rare according to Whiter. See also pages 85, 182 - 3.

Department: 

History Department

Collection

History Collection

Collection Item Data

Accession Number: CH1981.409
Accession Date: 7 Oct 1981

Material

Porcelain/Ceramic

porcelain

Measurement

diameter80mm
height56mmcup
diameter135mmsaucer

 

 

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