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New Hall Trio of Coffee Can, Teacup and Saucer, Decorated with 'Imari' Vine Pattern, Pattern Number 446, c1810

(p992)

A delightful New Hall trio comprising a coffee can, teacup and saucer, each beautifully decorated with pattern number 446, this in an 'Imari' palette depicting a fruiting grape vine. This trio would have been made at the New Hall works c1810. A trio was the way in which many tea sets of this period were supplied, a teacup and coffee can sharing one saucer.

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The teacup is of oval form and has a smooth body with elegantly shaped closed loop handle.

The body of the teacup is decorated all round with the fruiting vine pattern depicted in the typical Imari colours. There is an under glaze blue used to create the trunk of the vine. From this blue trunk emanate a wealth of fine gilt branches. Hanging on the branches are bunches of orange grapes and vine leaves outlined in gilded line form with dotted leaf veins. The vine pattern is also continued round the inner rim of the cup. The rim of the cup is gilded.

The straight sided coffee can is also decorated all round with the fruiting vine pattern depicted in the typical Imari colours. There is an under glaze blue used to create the trunk of the vine. From this blue trunk emanate a wealth of fine gilt branches. Hanging on the branches are bunches of orange grapes and vine leaves outlined in gilded line form with dotted leaf veins. The vine pattern is also continued round the inner rim of the coffee can. The rim of the coffee can is gilded.

As with the teacup and coffee can, the saucer carries the same decoration and in the centre of the saucer there is a central circular gilt cartouche with a vine and flower in the centre. The rim of the saucer is gilded.

A beautiful New Hall Trio of Coffee Can, Teacup and Saucer, c1810. Decorated with Pattern Number 446 of a fruiting vine in Imari colours and rich honey coloured gilding. A most handsome Trio for the collector of New Hall or early English porcelain.

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Size and Weight: (values are approximate)

	3¼" (84mm) diameter of the teacup's bowl.
	2¼ (66mm) height of the teacup.
	2¾" (70mm) diameter of the coffee can's bowl.
	2½" (62mm) height of the coffee can.
	5½" (140mm) diameter of the saucer.
	1¼" 32mm) depth of the saucer.
	12oz (323gm) weight of the trio.

Marks:

The trio does not carry the pattern number, this is only to be found on the teapot, jug and saucer plate of the set. This trio, as part of a New Hall set, is pattern 446 and dates from c1810.

Condition:

This rare and remarkable New Hall Trio is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, repairs or restoration. The gilding is generally in very good condition with extremely little sign of wear, just a minor amount of wear to the fine gilding on the saucer centre.

A fine New Hall Trio dating from c1810 for the connoisseur collector of New Hall or early English porcelain.