New Hall Tea Bowl and Saucer, Pattern 161, Stylistic Flower
Sprigs and Bouquet Decoration, Flower and Foliage Garland Border, c1795
(p1142)
This is a very attractive New Hall tea bowl and saucer decorated
with pattern number 161 and dating from c1795. The tea bowl and saucer are of
the New Hall hybrid 'hard paste' porcelain making them feel and look very fine.
Although the pieces are not marked with the pattern number, the major pieces
are, such as the slops basin - which is on my web site also.
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The tea bowl and saucer are beautifully hand painted with the
colourful bouquets and flower sprigs in pinks, purple, orange and two tones of
green. It is certainly a most elegant and delicate design.
The tea bowl has a smooth body shape and the bowl sits upon a
raised circular foot rim. The out side of the tea bowl is decorated with the
main flower bouquet which includes purple 'aster' type flowers, pink and orange
flowers with two tone green foliage. The bouquet is tied with an orange ribbon.
As well as the main bouquet of flowers, evenly spaced around the
rest of the tea bowl are three single 'rose' type flower sprigs in the same
colours used in the bouquet of pink and purple.
On the inside of the tea bowl it is decorated around the rim
with a very pretty border which comprises a pair of closely situated thin black
lines about which oscillates a garland of stylised pink flowers with green swags
of foliage. There are also orange tiny flower buds on the garland.
Inside the tea bowl on the bottom is a single flower sprig.
Altogether a very pretty pattern.
The saucer is decorated in exactly the same way with the same
flower bouquet in the centre, surrounded by the single 'rose' type single flower
sprigs.
There is the same elegant floral oscillating garland border.
The saucer sits upon a raised circular foot rim and like the tea
bowl is unmarked, except for a decorators tally line mark in purple, which also
appears on the underside of the tea bowl.
This is a most exquisite New Hall Tea Bowl and Saucer,
Pattern 161, stylistic flower sprigs and bouquet decoration, flower and foliage
garland border, c1795.
Size and Weight: (values are approximate)
Marks:
Although the pieces are not marked with the pattern number, the major pieces
are, such as the slops basin - which is on my web site also.
This charming New Hall tea bowl and saucer are in good condition with no cracks, repairs or restoration.
The only extremely minor imperfections are a few tiny frit type dots in the body
of the tea bowl and saucer - shown in the first two pictures below, these from
the time of manufacture and a few small chips on the foot rim of the saucer -
shown in the third picture below. Despite these very small imperfections it is
still a very good tea bowl and saucer for the
connoisseur collector of New Hall or early English porcelain.
