Name/Title
Covington Bros. partial tea set, c. 1891Entry/Object ID
2020.15.1Description
Acc. No. 20.15.1 A through N
Subject Category: Household, utilitarian
Date or Period: circa 1891
Object: Tea set, partial
Description: A partial luncheon/tea set with transfer designs that appear to be partially hand painted. The handles of the sugar bowl and the cream pitcher have a pseudo porcelain bamboo design. The objects have marks under glaze in a green reading, “T&V,” “France,” plus a red colored mark, “Covington Bros.”
Size: Various
History of Object: A partial tea or luncheon set of porcelain of a Anglo-Japanese style consisting of 5 cake plates, 5 sauce dishes, 2 open-handled pastry plates, plus 1 covered sugar bowl and cream pitcher set.
Acquired from: Alrita Murphy, Alameda
Date: 02/16/2020
