Giles Decorated Worcester Porcelain Tea Bowl c1768

Description

Heading: Worcester Giles decorated tea bowl
Date: 1765-70
Period: George III
Marks: None
Origin: England
Colour: White and gold
Features: Ribbed with gilded foral festoons decoration and a dentil rim
Size: 4cm tall by 7.1cm in diameter
Condition: Some minor hairlines around the rims
Restoration: None
Weight : 182 grams combined

The floral swags suspended from ribbons is typical of the Giles atelier and is a recurring theme within several patterns

References : For a tea bowl and saucer http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/15955/lot/291/

James Giles China and Glass Painter- Stephen Hanscombe plate 127

Gerald Coke. In search of James Giles (1983). p. 205. pl. 33c.

for a glass with identical decoration http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/10544/lot/200/