Saucer

Date1745-1749

Artist/Maker Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory 1745-1769

MediumSoft-paste porcelain

DimensionsDia: 4 7/8"; H: 1 1/8"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1963-128

DescriptionCircular, shallow, bowl-shaped saucer; wavy edge; molded in relief with swelling, overlapping acanthus leaves; six-petal flower in center; reverse is molded like face with the addition of a tri-lobed footring.Label TextIn 1935, when the first attempt was made to record the forms of Chelsea's triangle period, no saucer in the strawberry-leaf pattern could be located. Not until 1954, almost twenty years later, were the first two saucers in this pattern recorded. This third example was found and published in 1963. All three examples are marked with the crown-and-trident in underglaze blue.Inscription(s)Crown and trident painted in underglaze blue on center reverse (Godden #866).Mark(s)NoneProvenanceJ. G. A. Whisson, Margate, Kent, England