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Landscape Tea Bowls and Saucers

Manufacturer Meissen (Dresden, Germany, founded 1710)

Datec. 1745

Object NameCup and Saucer

Mediumporcelain

ClassificationsCeramics

DimensionsOverall (ABDMS024708.3 saucer): diameter 12cm
Base (ABDMS024708.3 saucer): diameter 6.7cm
Overall (ABDMS024708.4 cup): height 4.5cm × diameter 7.3cm
Base (ABDMS024708 cup): diameter 3.3cm
Overall (cup and saucer): height 5cm × diameter 12cm

AcquisitionCochrane Collection, presented in 1995 with assistance from the National Art Collections Fund.

LocationOn Display - Gallery 06

Object numberABDMS024708

Keywords

Drinking

About MeThese tea bowls and saucers are decorated with gilt lace designs and well executed purple landscape scenes which are enclosed by palm leaves and scrolls surmounted by a vase with plants, forming a kind of mini-arabesque motif which was increasingly popular at this time. The lower register of the tea bowls and saucers is decorated by a series of vertical gilded stripes.These tea bowls and saucers are part of a porcelain tea service which includes a tea jar and a hot water jug, all with the same gilt fluting and lace designs as well as painted sprigs of flowers and landscape vignettes.
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Collections Wall

This work features gilt (gold) designs; can you think of any other objects you've seen featuring gilt?

Exhibitions

Gallery 06 - Feasting