Worcester Queens Pattern Tea Bowl Coffee Cup and Saucer c1770

Description

Heading :  Worcester Queens Pattern Tea Bowl Coffee Cup and Saucer
Date : c1770
Period : George III
Marks : Square seal
Origin : Worcester. England
Colour : Kakiemon palette
Pattern : Queens Pattern

Features: Fluted tea bowl and cup. The fluting on the body is well defined as is the inverted scalloped rim. A steep incline lip to the saucer
Condition : very good. Minimal wear to the gilding
Restoration None
Dimensions : saucer 12cm diameter. Coffee cup 6cm tall
Weight : 202 g

References: Porcelain imports from Japan dwindled from 1725 to 1745. Cheaper Chinese imports were available via the East India Company (VOC). The patterns were obviously very popular with the gentry and Worcester and other manufactories took it upon themselves to copy those patterns. The Japan fan pattern and old Mosaic (or Mosaick) patterns. Queens pattern. rich Queens pattern . the brocade pattern and others are all direct copies of Arita imports.