A very attractive tea bowl, coffee can and saucer, printed with a delightful blue oriental scene of a pagoda in a charming landscape with houses trees, boat and a bridge with two figures crossing it. This beautiful tea bowl and saucer was made at the famous Caughley factory, c1785.

The tea bowl is of a scalloped shape with a scalloped gilded rim and raised upon a circular foot rim with a gilt band running round it.

This very pretty tea bowl is beautifully decorated with a blue and white print of an oriental landscape which includes a large pagoda. There are islands with houses, rocks and trees. Between the islands sails a boat and there is a delightful oriental bridge crossing over the water. There are two figures to be seen crossing the bridge. The blue of this decoration is very vivid and rich in appearance.

Inside the rim of the tea bowl there is a decorative band of blue decoration.

The base of the tea bowl is clearly marked with the underglaze blue 'S' mark, together with an 'X' below it.

The tea bowl is of a scalloped shape with a scalloped gilded rim and raised upon a circular foot rim with a gilt band running round it.

The coffee can, like the tea bowl is beautifully decorated with the same blue and white print of an oriental landscape which includes a large pagoda, etc. there is a charming moulded open loop handle to the coffee can, this embellished with a raised and gilded heart on the top of the handle.

Inside the rim of the coffee can there is the same decorative band of blue decoration. There is a Caughley underglaze blue Salopian 'S' mark on the underside of the coffee can.

There is an elegant open loop handle which has a moulded and gilded heart on the top edge. It is embellished with gilded lines to the back and edges of the handle.

The saucer is exquisitely decorated with the same design as the tea bowl and coffee can and has the same scalloped and gilded rim. The quality of the blue and white landscape is wonderful, so very detailed and clear.

The base of the saucer is marked with the same Caughley 'S' mark as the tea bowl, but with a blue 'O' next to it.

A delightful  and very decorative Caughley Trio of tea bowl, coffee can and saucer, decorated with a blue and white 'Pagoda' landscape, c1785.

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Size and Weight: (values are approximate)

• 1¾" (47mm) height of the tea bowl.
• 3¼" (80mm) diameter of the tea bowl.
• 2½" (63mm) height of the coffee can.
• 2¼ (58mm) diameter of the coffee can bowl.
• 5" (125mm) diameter of the saucer.
• 237gms total weight of the three pieces.

Marks:

The tea bowl is marked with the Caughley 'Salopian'underglaze blue 'S' mark with a blue 'X' near to it. The coffee can and saucer are marked with the Caughley underglaze blue Salopian 'S' mark. These marks were used at the Caughley factory between 1775-90.

Condition:

This beautiful Caughley tea bowl, coffee can and saucer is in excellent condition with no, cracks, repairs or restoration. The only extremely minor imperfection are some small areas where the gilding on the inner decoration of the tea bowl has had a little wear, but this is certainly minor. Also on the rim of the saucer is a graze with the gilding removed (as shown in the two pictures below). There may appear to be a tiny chip to the rim of the raised foot of the saucer, this is a manufacturing fault, as the tiny chip is glazed and is insignificant.

A delightful Caughley trio dating from c1785. A fine addition for the collector of fine quality Caughley porcelain from the eighteenth century.