Antique English Staffordshire pearlware service 18th c

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A good antique part tea service IMHO Staffordshire pearlware made in England circa 1780 - 1790. The set is decorated with a Batavia ware (= a Chinese porcelain type popular in the 18th century) style decoration. It comprises a tea canister, milk jug, a sugar bowl with cover and three cups and saucers (10 pieces in all, counting the lid). Unfortunately t is no teapot with the set. Some pieces are marked with what looks like an X. I have found a similar pearlware jug / pitcher of this particular (Chinese Batavia Ware porcelain inspired) type in the ( American ) Chipstone Collection, see amongst others the following link): /publications/CIA/2001/Hume/SmWin/27hsw.html The service is made of a lightweight white-grey colored earthenware with a light blue glaze. It has been hand painted (not transfer printed) in underglaze blue with flowers and sprigs within cartouches spared out in the brown slip that was used to decorate the outside skin of the service, thus creating a wonderful effect (please see photo 11). The pieces have blue borders in a Chinese style painted on the white inner rims - the border on the milk jug is slightly different to that of the other pieces. The handle of the milk jug and the handles of the sugar bowl are double twisted flat handles with an embossed leafy terminal. This type of handle was often (but not exclusively) used by Leeds factories for their creamware production. According to Griselda Lewis (see page 112 of her book "A collector's history of English pottery") this particular type of handle was used by producers of cream colored earthenware only after 1775. The service is in good but used condition with some chips, small cracks, and 'flea bites'. The following list is a list of the more conspicuous damages (please also see photo's). The tea canister is 8,8 cm (or ca. 3,46 inch) high, and is in good condition with a chip on the inside of the rim, a small chip on the outside of the rim / neck, plus a small chip at the outside lower end of the cannister (both visible on the photo). Invisible when the cannister stands is a chip to its standing ring. Mentioned for accuracy is the small imperfection at the inside of the rim, created at the manufacture of the piece. The milk jug measures 13,3 cm (or 5,24 inch) at its highest point. It is in good condition with no cracks. It has several small chips to the outside of the rim of the spout and one larger chip on the inside of the spout. Mentioned for accuracy is the small imperfection at the outside of the rim on one of the sides, created at the manufacture of the piece. The double handle has double cracks (at the same point). Please see photo's. The sugar bowl is 11,5 cm (or 4,53 inch) high (bottom of bowl to top of finial) and has a diameter of circa 11,5 cm (ca. 4,53 inch). Its condition is the worst of the pieces, although (apart from two chips visible on the outside of the rim) none of them are visible when the lid is placed on the bowl. The two other chips on its rim plus tree small cracks (less then 1 cm / ca. 0,4 inch long) in the rim and browning inside the bowl are not visible when the pot is closed. T is a small imperfection at one of the handles, created at the manufacture of the piece). The lid has a small chip on the inside of the inside rim but is otherwise in perfect condition (knob and all). The three cups and saucers : one cup has a small rim chip, a second cup a 'fleabite' (very tiny chip). One saucer has a small chip on the inside of the stand ring, this saucer also has a small crack (approx. 2,5 cm / 1 inch) in its rim. The saucers have a diameter of approximately 10,5 to 11 cm (or 4,13 inch to 4,33 inch), the cups have a diameter of approx. 7 cm (2,75 inch) and stand approx. 4 cm. (1,57 inch) high. For those interested in an even more complete overview of all the minor damages please send me an email, I will be happy to send you more, more detailed, and if you wish larger photos of all the items. Although the... read more

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