Tea Service

Ceramic

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Boscobel House and Gardens

Name/Title

Tea Service

Entry/Object ID

C 66.7.1–.15

Description

Porcelain partial tea set in rose-colored and gilded "rose and scale" pattern with key fret border on white porcelain body. The set consists of a covered oval teapot and oval tray, oval creamer, oval lidded sugar bowl, 2 cylindrical coffee cups, 3 tea cups, and 4 saucers.

Category

Ceramics

Acquisition

Accession

C 66.7

Source or Donor

Department of Parks, City of New York

Credit Line

On Loan from Department of Parks, City of New York

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Coalport Porcelain

Attribution

Attributed to

Date made

circa 1800

Place

Country

England

Continent

Europe

Material

Porcelain

Condition

Notes

Teapot lid finial is a replacement; paint loss throughout Creamer handle is a ""make-do"" replacement; paint loss throughout Sugar bowl body is cracked into two pieces and held together with tape; paint loss throughout body and lid Coffee cups have rim chips and cracks. One tea cup (.3) is missing the handle; cracked body One saucer (.14) has broken into several pieces and is reglued with string Saucer (.13) has a chip in the rim Coffee cup (.2) has a chip and small crack in the rim; paint loss on the handle Tea cup (.4) has a thin crack in body near handle

Provenance

Notes

Descended in the Cruger family On loan from the Dyckman Farmhouse, Department of Parks, City of New York