Description:
English miniature or toy, soft-paste porcelain dish with a lobed rim decorated in blue in a chinoiserie landscape with flaying birds above a small grassy knoll flanked by huts and a stylized border in the "Island" pattern, which was part of a child's dinner set. The base is marked with the "S" mark in underglaze blue for the Caughley Factory, which was also known as the Salopian works, located a mile inland from the Severn River in Shropshire, about 40 miles upstream from the Worcester Porcelain Factory. The standard marks on the Caughley porcelain decorated partly or wholly in underglaze blue comprise various versions of the capital letter "S" for Salopian. The Caughley factory built up a large trade in medium-priced blue and white porcelain, many of which were decorated in the style of Chinese wares. According to Simon Spero, Caughley was the only 18th-century factory to produce miniature dinner services, and they were only made in the "Island" pattern. The "Island Pattern" is one of the longest running on 18th-century miniature porcelains. Introduced in the 1770s it was used exclusively on Caughley miniatures and does not appear on full size wares.
Subjects:
Pottery; Enamel and enameling; glaze (coating by location); Porcelain Link to share this object record:
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