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A "tea party" creamware tea bowl and saucer. c.1790. Probably StaffordshireSee our website periodceramicsandantiques. org. We can do better prices on the website, as we are not paying the ebay commission. Description. Printed with two slightly different versions of the "Tea Party" pattern, together with, on the tea bowl, a separate print of a shepherd tending his flock; a charming late 18th century tea bowl and saucer set. It is very difficult to ascribe a precise date to these items, which were produced all over the

No apparent defects apart from patches of kiln dust to the reverse of the piece and the usual minor blemishes to the face

or to re-frame the piece

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within a double circle

the handle is of rococo moulded design

for the gilder

The piece is decorated in an extremely elaborate famille rose design

Grooved handle

with a border of lambrequin elements enclosing stylised flower heads

but the Worcester versions were engraved by Hancock

before he decided to get paid on a piecework basis (in 1776)

discernible in the photographs but is really very small