Caughley Tea Bowl and Saucer, New Fluted Form, 'Royal Stripe
& Festoon' Decoration, c1790
(p1083)
A very elegant Caughley tea bowl and saucer dating from c1790.
The shape is of the 'new fluted' design and is beautifully decorated with a
pattern known as 'Royal Stripe & Festoon' in underglaze blue and rich honey
coloured gilding.
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The tea bowl has the Royal blue stripe equally spaced in six
positions round its body. The centre of each blue stripe has a white gap in
which there is a blue diamond in a gilt circle. The blue stripes are
bounded with gilded lines and on the blue strip a gilded cross design.
Between the blue stripes are festoons of stylised flowers and
foliage in underglaze blue and gold. It is certainly a very elegant design of
decoration.
The tea bowl has a scalloped rim which is also gilded.
The tea bowl stands upon a raised foot rim at the top of which
is a gilded line round the base of the bowl.
Inside the bowl of the tea bowl is an underglaze blue and gilded
star.
The saucer is also fluted and has the same charming decoration
as the tea bowl.
There are no manufacturer's marks on this tea bowl and saucer,
but they are from a set where several pieces are marked with the underglaze blue
'S' used at the Caughley factory, c1775-90.
The saucer has the Royal blue stripe equally spaced in six
positions round its body. The centre of each blue stripe has a white gap in
which there is a blue diamond in a gilt circle. The blue stripes are
bounded with gilded lines and on the blue strip a gilded cross design.
Between the blue stripes are festoons of stylised flowers and
foliage in underglaze blue and gold.
The saucer has a scalloped rim which is also gilded.
There are no manufacturers marks on the saucer.
Inside the centre of the saucer is an underglaze blue and gilded
star within a gilded circle.
This is an extremely elegant Caughley tea bowl and saucer,
decorated with the 'Royal stripe and Festoon' design, c1790.
Size and Weight: (values are approximate)
Marks:
The tea bowl and saucer are unmarked. However, they are from a Caughley
set where several pieces are marked with the underglaze blue Salopian 'S'
used at the famous Shropshire Caughley factory c1775-90.
This charming Caughley tea bowl and saucer are in very good condition with no
chips, cracks, repairs or restoration.
The only extremely minor imperfection is some slight wear to the gilding,
this mainly to the high spots on the tea bowl's gilded scalloped rim and the star
in the centre of the saucer.
A most beautiful and elegant tea bowl and saucer for the collector of
Caughley or early English porcelain from the eighteenth century.
