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Teabowl (Teacup)
Wolfe-Mason factory
1798-1800
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Wolfe-Mason factory (Probable maker)
Place of Origin
Liverpool; Merseyside; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Porcelain (hybrid hard-paste)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
2008.0011.047 A
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Oliver I. Shoemaker
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Complete Details
Object Number
2008.0011.047 A
Object Name
Teabowl (Teacup)
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Wolfe-Mason factory (Probable maker)
Place of Origin
Liverpool; Merseyside; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1798-1800
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Interior
Inscription: Yellowed white, rectangular paper label with "Wolfe Mason/ gilt enrichments/ c. 1796 pp. 15" handwritten in blue ink
Type: Label
Location: Interior
Inscription: Yellowed white, rectangular paper label with "[Bes in] for & rim/ Wolfe-Mason/ Plate 21" handwritten in blue ink
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Chinoiserie
Materials
- Porcelain (hybrid hard-paste)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Printed
- Gilded
Dimensions (inches)
2.264 (H) x 3.543 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
5.75 (H) x 9 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Godden, Geoffrey A. 1980 Godden's Guide to Mason's China and the Ironstone Wares.
• Wolf-Mason blue-printed teapot with pattern type identified: pp. 43-44, pl. 12, noting characteristic features of the Pagoda design--long windoes in central zig-zag wall, figure entering pagoda, two figures crossing bridge, mast-like structure on top of pagoda.Book: Mudge, Jean McClure. 1981 Chinese Export Porcelain for the American Trade, 1785-1835. 304 p.
• Same pattern large dish (39 cm) with MA history: p. 156, no. 240, originally owned by Hugh Cargill of Concord MA.