D600170 DERBY TEA BOWL & SAUCER
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DERBY TEA BOWL AND SAUCER WITH THE DERBY CROWN, CROSSED BATONS AND D MARK IN PUCE FOR THE PERIOD 1782 - 1800. THE TEA BOWL IS HEAVILY EMBOSSED WITH FLOWER SWAGS AND HAS A SMITHS BLUE BORDER TO THE BOWL AND THE SAUCER. THERE ARE GILDED FLOWER PATTERNS TO THE SAUCER AND THE CENTRE OF THE BOWL. THE BOWL HAS A GILDERS MARK No 4 FOR WILLIAM YATES WHO USED THIS MARK FROM 1785 - 1795. BOTH BOWL AND SAUCER HAVE A FAINT No 1 BLUERS MARK (UNKNOWN). THE SAUCER HAS A DRY EDGE TO THE FOOTRIM, A DERBY GLAZING TECHNIQUE USED IN THE EARLY DAYS TO PREVENT THE ITEM STICKING IN THE KILN, AND THEREFORE MAY DATE NEARER TO 1782 THAN THE BOWL. CONDITION IS EXCELLENT WITH NO CHIPS, CRACKS, LOSSES OR RESTORATION TO EITHER ITEM. THE GILDING IS RUBBED TO THE EXTREME EDGE OF THE RIM OF BOTH THE BOWL AND SAUCER, BUT ALL OTHER GILDING IS IN GOOD ORDER. TOTAL WEIGHT 174g, SAUCER HEIGHT 25mm, DIAMETER 124mm, BOWL HEIGHT 47mm, DIAMETER 78mm.
STOCK No D600170 PRICE £75.00