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Tea bowl: C.76 & A-1997

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Sewell, Joseph

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Description

Yellow-glazed earthenware tea bowl and saucer, bat-printed onglaze brownish-red with a couple taking tea out-of-doors. Red enamel bands round rim and foot.

Tea bowl. Yellow-glazed earthenware, bat-printed onglaze in red, and painted in brownish-red enamel. Circular deep-sided cup standing on a footring. Circular saucer with deep, curved sides, standing on a footring. The cup is decorated on both sides with a couple taking tea out-of-doors. They sit on a settee with a circular tea table in fron of them, accompanied by a small dog who sits expectantly on the right. Behind them is a tree, and on the right, part of a balustrade and some plants. On the left, a servant stands pouring water from a kettle into a tea pot. There is a broad brownish-red band round the foot and rim, and a narrow band round the interior, about a third of the way down. The interior of the saucer is decorated with a similar subject, differing in small details. It is surrounded by a narrow band and there is wider band round the rim.

Legal notes

Given by G.H.W. Rylands in memory of his mother, Betha Wolferstan Rylands.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1997) by Rylands, G.H.W.

Dating

19th Century, Early
Circa 1815 CE - 1820 CE

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration composed of ceramic printing colour ( red)
Banding composed of enamel ( red)
Saucer Diameter 12.6 cm Height 3.1 cm
Cup Diameter 7.8 cm Height 4.7 cm

Materials used in production

yellow Lead-glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Lead-glazing : Yellow-glazed earthenware, bat-printed and painted in brownish-red enamel.

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: a rectangular label with a red stripe on one side

  • Text: 30
  • Location: On cup
  • Method of creation: Inscribed in pencil
  • Type: Label

Inscription present: a rectangular label with a red stripe on one side

  • Text: 31
  • Location: On saucer
  • Method of creation: Inscribed in pencil
  • Type: Label
  • Text: SEWELL
  • Location: On saucer base
  • Method of creation: Impressed faintly
  • Type: Mark

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.76 & A-1997
Primary reference Number: 76015

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 25 March 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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