Tea set

Date1720-1726

MediumMeissen China (Reproduction?)

DimensionsTray = 14 x 10 inches; creamer = 10 x 6 8 cm; teapot = 7 x 7 x 12 cm; sugar = 6x6x7 cm; spoons = 10 cm length; cups = 8 cm diameter x 5 cm height; sauces = 13.5 cm diameter x 3.5 cm height

ClassificationsContainers

Credit LineGift of Rev. Louis Arthur

Object number1940.32.81-90

DescriptionTeapot and cover, creamer and cover, sugar bowl and cover. The teapot is short and fat with squared edges. The Augustas Rex Mark is at the bottom of all three pieces. Painted with alternation panels of yellow background with flower designs and white background with garden scenes of a man and woman one where they are talking and one where the man is playing a wind instrument. Lacy gold mark is done in between the panels. Gold gilt on handle and spout. Lid has same yellow floral background scenes, get in two garden panels, there is only a man and a women in the other. Creamer and sugar bowl have same squat, squared edges as well as the same alternating panels of flowers and the garden scenes.

2013: One teapot and cover, one sugar container and cover, one creamer and cover, one rectangular tray, 2 saucers, 2 teacups, and 2 small teaspoons. 13 pieces in total (including covers). All pieces are white and yellow with a gold patterned trim. Sides of pieces are paneled, alternating between yellow and white. Yellow sides are decorated with pink, white, red, and purple flowers, white sides are decorated with a man and a woman outdoors. The man plays a flute.

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