Worcester Fluted Tea Bowl and Saucer, decorated in
'Dalhousie' style, stunning central landscape paintings on the tea bowl and
saucer together with flower bouquets alternating with insects and rich gilding
on dark blue borders, c1780
(p1091)
One of the most beautiful tea bowls and saucer that came from
the famous Eighteenth century Worcester factory, c 1780 . This stunning tea bowl
and saucer is of the fluted shape, exquisitely decorated in the 'Dalhousie'
style, this including central cartouches painted with delightful
landscapes. This is combined with the very rich decoration of bouquets of
flowers interspersed with insects and with blue ground borders richly
gilded. A most rare and charming Worcester tea bowl and saucer for the
connoisseur collector.
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The outside of the tea bowl is decorated with hand painted
bouquets of English flowers in coloured enamels. These flowers include such
delights as English pint roses and lilies. The bouquets are alternate with small
insects, including a ladybird and moths.
The tea bowl is raised upon a circular foot rim, this
embellished with a gilt ring
The rim of the tea bowl is gilded with dropping half dots inside
the rim. The charming European landscape is hand painted in the bottom of
the tea bowl within a circular turquoise cartouche.
The painting of the flowers and insects around the body of the
tea bowl are incredible. The coloured enamels are beautiful and include
green, yellow, purple and pink to create rich flower sprays.
Like the flowers, the insects between the flower sprays are
quite beautiful and look to be ready to flit between the colourful flowers. The
three insects appear to be a red ladybird, colourful moth and butterfly.
The outer rim of the tea bowl has a rich dark blue ground band
with a scalloped edge. The blue ground has upon it a fine interlinked 'eye' type
of design. The blue band is edged at the base with some very fine foliate
gilding indeed.
The landscape, skilfully painted in the base of the tea bowl,
shows a lake with trees, bushes and in the distance large hills. In the
beautifully executed sky flies a flock of tiny birds. The painting is within a
circular cartouche formed by overlapping turquoise husks, shaded on one side to
make them stand out.
The underside of the tea bowl is marked with the under glaze
blue crescent Worcester mark. This tea bowl and saucer dating from c1780. There
are several collectors' and dealers' labels remaining on the underside. These I
have left on as part of the history of the tea bowl and saucer, which has passed
through important dealers and collects alike.
The fluted saucer with its scalloped rim is decorated in the
same lavish way as the tea bowl.
There is the same underglaze blue band around the rim of the
saucer, this having the same honey rich gilding as the tea bowl.
The saucer has three bouquets of flowers painted in exquisite
coloured enamels. These flower sprays alternate with the same three insects as
on the tea bowl.
The scalloped rim of the saucer has half drops of gilding
dropping in from the rim.
The landscape painted within the central turquoise cartouche is
of amazing quality. This landscape shows a lake with mature trees in the
foreground and on the island to the right. Upon the island is a red roofed
building. In the distance are more hills and at the foot of the hills what
appears to be a distant castle. The sky with its subtle light blues and pinks
looks like a morning sunrise with tiny birds on the wing.
The landscape painting is within a circular cartouche formed by
overlapping turquoise husks, shaded on one side to make them stand out. Inside
this turquoise cartouche is a gilded circle creating a perfect frame for the
painting.
The underside of the saucer is marked with the underglaze open
crescent mark of the Worcester factory and dates from c1780.
In addition to the crescent mark there are some dealers' and
collectors' labels stuck on the back. I have left these as part of the
interesting history of the piece. However, they could easily be removed if so
desired.
This is a rare and most exquisite tea bowl and saucer, one of
the very best with which I have had the privilege to deal. This stunning tea
bowl and saucer is of the fluted shape, exquisitely decorated in the 'Dalhousie'
style, this including central cartouches painted with delightful
landscapes. This is combined with the very rich decoration of bouquets of
flowers interspersed with insects and with blue ground borders richly
gilded. A most rare and charming Worcester tea bowl and saucer c1780, for the
connoisseur collector.
Size and Weight: (values are approximate)
Marks:
The underside of the tea bowl is marked with the underglaze blue crescent
Worcester mark. This tea bowl and saucer dating from c1780. There are several
collectors' and dealers' labels remaining on the underside. These I have left on
as part of the history of the tea bowl and saucer, which has passed through
important dealers and collects alike.
The underside of the saucer is marked with the under glaze open
crescent mark of the Worcester factory and dates from c1780. In addition to the
crescent mark there are some dealers' and collectors' labels stuck on the back.
I have left these as part of the interesting history of the piece. However, they
could easily be removed if so desired.
This astonishingly beautiful tea bowl and saucer are in remarkably good
condition. The gilding and painting are all in very good order, with little
wear. If there is any small wear it is to the high points of the moulded body,
but this is minuscule. There are no cracks to the tea bowl and saucer. The only
very minor imperfections are a flee nibble of the back rim of the saucer, which
really is absolutely tiny and two foot rim flake chips that have been filled, as
shown in the pictures below. These two tiny chips do not detract in something so
exquisite and difficult to see viewing them from the side of the tea bowl rim.
This is certainly one of the very finest Eighteenth century Worcester tea
bowls and saucer to be found and perfect for the connoisseur Worcester or early
English porcelain collector. It is a rare and beautiful item indeed.
