Figure 1 Covered bowl, East London, England, ca. 1744. Porcelain.
H. 3 1/8". (Melbourne Cricket Club Museum Collection; courtesy of the National Sports Museum, Melbourne Cricket Ground. Acc. No. M569.1; photo, Erin O'Brien.) Decorated in enamels and marked
on the base with an A in underglaze blue. This sugar bowl and
cover, formerly in the Baer collection, are composed of a mixture of China
clay and
lime-soda frit in the proportion 60:40 (hydrous). This composition conforms
to the 1744 patent of Heylyn and Frye, and it is proposed that whoever made
this bowl was replicating the 1744 patent, which specified the use of Cherokee
clay. This covered bowl is part of a partial tea set comprising a teapot
and cover (see fig. 7), a cream jug, and three saucers. |