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A teapot with a stand from a twenty-one-piece tea service characterized by a tree and its base …

A sugar bowl from a twenty-one-piece tea service characterized by a tree and its base leaves in…

A cream pitcher from a twenty-one-piece tea service characterized by a tree and its base leaves…

A waste bowl from a twenty-one-piece tea service characterized by a tree and its base leaves in…

A saucer from a twenty-one-piece tea service characterized by a tree and its base leaves in und…

One of eight sets of teacups and saucers from a twenty-one-piece tea service characterized by a…

Tea Service

Maker New Hall Porcelain Factory (British, 1781 - 1835)

Datec. 1795 - 1810

MediumHard-paste porcelain

DimensionsTeapot Lid: 2 1/2 × 4 7/16 × 3 3/16 inches (6.4 × 11.3 × 8.1 cm)
Teapot: Handle to Spout: 6 × 10 1/2 inches (15.2 × 26.7 cm)
Plate: 3/4 × 6 1/2 × 5 1/2 inches (1.9 × 16.5 × 14 cm)
Sugar Bowl Lid: 2 1/2 × 4 3/4 × 2 3/4 inches (6.4 × 12.1 × 7 cm)
Sugar Bowl: 3 3/16 × 7 1/8 × 4 1/8 inches (8.1 × 18.1 × 10.5 cm)
Sugar Bowl & Lid together: 4 3/4 × 7 3/16 × 4 1/4 inches (12.1 × 18.3 × 10.8 cm)
Cream Pitcher: 3 1/2 × 5 3/4 × 3 5/8 inches (8.9 × 14.6 × 9.2 cm)
Waste Bowl: 3 1/4 × 6 1/8 inches (8.3 × 15.6 cm)
Saucer: 1 1/2 × 8 3/8 inches (3.8 × 21.3 cm)
Teacup: Handle to Rim: 2 1/4 × 4 1/4 × 3 3/16 inches (5.7 × 10.8 × 8.1 cm)
Saucer: 1 3/16 × 5 3/8 inches (3 × 13.7 cm)
Teacup: Handle to Rim: 2 1/4 × 4 1/4 × 3 1/4 inches (5.7 × 10.8 × 8.3 cm)
Saucer: 1 1/4 × 5 1/4 inches (3.2 × 13.3 cm)
Teacup: Handle to Rim: 2 1/4 × 4 1/4 × 3 1/8 inches (5.7 × 10.8 × 7.9 cm)
Saucer: 1 1/4 × 5 3/8 inches (3.2 × 13.7 cm)
Teacup: Handle to Rim: 2 1/4 × 4 1/4 × 3 5/16 inches (5.7 × 10.8 × 8.4 cm)
Saucer: 1 5/16 × 5 1/4 inches (3.3 × 13.3 cm)
Teacup: Handle to Rim: 2 1/4 × 4 3/8 × 3 1/4 inches (5.7 × 11.1 × 8.3 cm)
Saucer: 1 3/16 × 5 3/8 inches (3 × 13.7 cm)
Teacup: Handle to Rim: 2 1/4 × 4 3/8 × 3 1/4 inches (5.7 × 11.1 × 8.3 cm)
Saucer: 1 3/16 × 5 3/8 inches (3 × 13.7 cm)
Teacup: Handle to Rim: 2 1/4 × 4 1/4 × 3 1/4 inches (5.7 × 10.8 × 8.3 cm)
Saucer: 1 3/16 × 5 3/16 inches (3 × 13.2 cm)
Teacup: Handle to Rim: 2 1/4 × 4 1/4 × 3 3/16 inches (5.7 × 10.8 × 8.1 cm)
Saucer: 1 3/16 × 5 3/8 inches (3 × 13.7 cm)

MarkingsStamped marks on bottom of most pieces, in black, purple, orange or red: 446 / . / [check mark], .1, or [check mark and two dots]; Stamped on the bottom of sugar bowl (1983.8.2.a-b) in red: [symbol- possibly a small f ] / 977; Stamped on the bottom of pitcher (1983.8.3) in purple: 446 / [check mark]; Stamped on the bottom of the bowl (1983.8.4) in black: 446 /. / [check mark]; Stamped on the bottom of the plate (1983.8.5) in red: 446

Credit LineGift of Robert E. Jones.

Object number1983.8.1-.13

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CopyrightThe images and text contained on this page are owned by Telfair Museums or used by the Museum with permission from the owners. Unauthorized reproduction, transmission or display of these materials is prohibited with the exception of items deemed “fair use” as defined by U.S. and international copyright laws.Label TextThis tea service represents the mixture of sources of material and design inspiration that occurred at British goods manufacturers in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Until the 1740s, British potteries struggled to replicate the mixture of kaolin clay and china rock (petuntse) required to produce high-fired porcelain like that of China. The New Hall Porcelain Factory first opened in 1781 and was dedicated to manufacturing hard-paste porcelain. The painted and gilt berries and vine-like trees in dark blues and reds that adorn the surfaces of this tea service mimic porcelain made and exported from Arita, Japan beginning in the 17th century. Although the sources of material and ornament are Asian, the shapes of these objects, such as their high, curving handles, were derived from ancient Greek earthenware vessels and reflect the enthusiasm for ancient material culture in Europe during this period.

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