Tea service
SS.63.333 a
Name/Title
Tea serviceEntry/Object ID
SS.63.333 a-bbDescription
Twenty-nine-piece service: white earthenware with pale blue transfer-printed decoration. a-g. Coffee cups (seven): Shaped rim, wavy body, foot, angular handle; rather squat proportions; transfer-printed on white ground, with light blue all-over pattern of striped diapers, against which appear flowers of daffodil, jonquil, daisy types, with leaves, outlined in blue, and with touches in darker blue; gold touches; interior gold banded. h-k. Tea cups (four): Shaped rim, rounded wavy body, foot, angular handle; rather tall proportions; design similar to that of the coffee cups. l-y. Saucers (14): half (l-q.) have round straight rim and other half (r-w.) have a scalloped pattern along rim; central jonquil-type flower; remainder of design similar to that of coffee cups. z. Creamer: rather flat-domed at top, wavy concave body with small foot; relatively large spout, covered; tall angular handle; design similar to that of coffee cups. aa-bb. Sugar bowl with lid: small domed lid with mushroom-shaped finial; bowl rather flat-domed at top, concave in middle, and curved to small foot below; two open handles of curved rectangular shape; lid and bowl decorated in design similar to that of coffee cups. Sample mark: Saucer (p.): On bottom, mark in red of griffon on torsade, also "460" in red (occasionally on saucers in gold), and, in red, in script, the inscription: "Rockingham Works/Brameld" (family).Made/Created
Manufacturer
Rockingham Pottery WorksDate made
circa 1826 - 1842Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
InscriptionTranscription
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Other Numbers
SS.63.333
SE SP 3085
SS.63.333 A-BB
SS.63.333a-bb