Description:
In the early 19th century owning and displaying a delicately potted and handsomely decorated English tea set was an ideal many Americans could now afford. This yellow-glazed tea service with transfer-printed maternal domestic scenes exemplifies the type of status symbol with classical overtones that graced many American parlors. The sweetly portrayed scenes of mother and child are typical of numerous prints inspired by Adam Buck's drawings. Thrown sugar bowl; curved sides with a high rising foot; the circular cover rises sharply upward at the center to a small platform, upon which rests an acorn- shaped finial; covered entirely in yellow glaze; decorated with overglaze red enamels; painted red bands decorate the rim of the bowl and the bottom edge of the foot of the cup; the cover also has painted bands along its bottom edge and just below the finial; the sides of the bowl are decorated with two transfer printed scenes; one depicts a woman giving food to a child; the reverse depicts a seated woman and a crying child; these mother and child subjects are attributed to designer Adam Buck; each side is also decorated with an applied ram's head mask; Condition: areas of staining; large hairline crack at the base of the bowl just above the foot;

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