Beaker
Date1745-1749
Artist/Maker
Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory
1745-1769
MediumSoft-paste porcelain
DimensionsH: 3in. (7.6cm) x Dia: 2 5/8in. (6.7cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1962-63
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 unmarked (accession 1962-60).Mark(s)Crown-and-trident in underglaze blue on base.ProvenanceEx coll: Dr. and Mrs. Bellamy Gardner, London; Sir Bernard Eckstein, Uckfield, Sussex; Mrs. James McGregor Stewart, Halifax, Nova Scotia; M.G. Kaufman, Chicago
