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Beaker
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Beaker

Date1745-1749
Maker Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory (1745-1769)
MediumPorcelain, soft-paste
DimensionsH: 3"; Dia: 2 5/8"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1962-60
DescriptionMolded, soft-paste porcelain beaker with a trimmed, circular foot. The molded rim has eight lobes. The decoration in relief resembles a tea-plant. There are four branches with leaves and flowers. The branches start at the base and spiral counter clockwise, terminating at the rim of the beaker. No color has been applied.
Label TextAlthough the beaker is the most frequently surviving form of the tea-plant-decorated Chelsea porcelain, none appears to be marked with the usual incised triangle. At least six examples have painted crowns and tridents, the only tea-plant form so marked. An identical beaker in the CWF collection is marked in that way (1962-63).
MarkingsNone
ProvenanceEx coll: M.G. Kaufman
KC1973-631
1745-1749
Beaker 1962-63
1745-1749
DS1997-0484
1745-1749
Beaker (1962-63) and Saucer (1962-64)
1745-1749
Coffeepot, 1962-99
1745-1749
KC1973-787
1745-1749
KC63-173
ca. 1770
DS1983-556
1750-1752
DS1988-0063
1752-1758
Cream jug 1962-91, Milk jug 1962-66, Teapot 1962-80, Coffeepot 1962-81
1745-1749
KC1973-677
1744-1749
KC1976-306
1759-1769