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Caughley Rare Spoon tray, Blue & White 'Pagoda' Pattern Decoration, Elongated Hexagonal Shape, c1785

(p1119)

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 with gilt embellishments. Although unmarked, it comes from a large Caughley service with pieces that were marked and are on the website.

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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 during tea. Only one such spoon tray would be in a complete teaset, so they are quite rare.

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. The rim of the spoon tray is gilded and there is a gilded border of semi-circles and dots around the flat portion of the spoon tray.

There is no manufacturer's mark of the Caughley factory on the base of the spoon tray, but it comes from a large Caughley tea service with various pieces that are marked with the underglaze Caughley Salopian 'S' mark. This tray dates from c1785.

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

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Size and Weight: (values are approximate)

	6¼" (163mm) in length
	3½ (89mm) width
	4½oz (128gms) in weight

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Condition:

This rare and charmingly decorated 'Pagoda' pattern spoon tray is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, repairs or restoration. The gilt decoration is also in perfect condition.

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.