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Tea bowl and saucer

Tea bowl and saucer
(c. 1765)

Medium
porcelain (soft-paste)

Measurements
4.8 × 12.9 cm diameter (overall)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Patricia Begg OAM Bequest, 2024
© Public Domain

Gallery location
17th & 18th Century Decorative Arts & Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International

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About this work

The claret ground was first employed at Chelsea around 1760 and was one of several experimental ground colours introduced by Nicholas Sprimont, the proprietor at this time. These grounds were expensive to produce and notoriously unstable.

Artwork Details

Accession Number
2024.301.a-b

Department
International Decorative Arts