Caughley Rare Spoon tray, Blue & White 'Pagoda' Pattern Decoration, Elongated
Hexagonal Shape, faint 'S' Mark, c1785
(p1096)
A rare and charming Caughley spoon tray, made at the famous
Caughley factory c1785. This delightful spoon tray is beautifully shaped. It has
vertically moulded sides to its rim and is of an elongated hexagonal shape. It
is beautifully decorated with the blue and white 'Pagoda' pattern.
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An important part of the eighteenth century tea equipage and tea
ceremony, such spoon trays were used to rest the teaspoons on during tea. Only
one such spoon tray would be in a complete teaset, so they are quite rare.
This beautiful oriental design shows a pagoda in a charming
landscape with houses trees, boat and a bridge with two figures crossing it.
This very pretty spoon tray is beautifully decorated with a blue
and white print of an oriental landscape, which includes a large pagoda. There
are islands with houses, rocks and trees. Between the islands sails a boat and
there is a delightful oriental bridge crossing over the water. There are two
figures to be seen crossing the bridge.
There is a richly decorated blue and white printed border
running round the raised rim of the spoon tray.
There is the manufacturer's mark of the Caughley factory on the
base of the spoon tray. This mark, though faint, is of the Salopian 'S' mark,
this used at the famous Caughley factory c1775-90.
A rare and delightfully decorated elongated hexagonal shaped
spoon tray. This pretty spoon tray, decorated in blue and white with the
'pagoda' pattern, was made at the famous Caughley factory, c1785
Size and Weight: (values are approximate)
Marks:
There is the manufacturer's mark of the Caughley factory on the base of the
spoon tray. This mark, though faint, is of the Salopian 'S' mark, this used at
the famous Caughley factory c1775-90. This particular spoon tray dates from
c1795.
This rare and charmingly decorated 'Pagoda' pattern spoon tray is in
excellent condition with no chips, cracks, repairs or restoration.
It is certainly a very fine and delightful spoon tray for the
collector of Caughley porcelain. An important part of the eighteenth century tea
equipage and tea ceremony.
