A Lowestoft Porcelain Redgrave Pattern Tea Bowl and Saucer c1785

Description

Heading : Lowestoft tea bowl and saucer
Date : c1785
Period : George III
Marks : None but typical Lowetoft stilt marks to underside
Origin : Lowestoft. England
Colour : Underglaze blue and overglaze red and green
Features : Soft paste decorated with aRedgrave pattern
Size : 5.4cm tall by 12.3cm in diameter
Condition : Very good. No chips. wear commensurate with age as shown
Restoration : None
Weight : 154 grams

Literature: The illustrated guide to Lowestoft porcelain- Geoffrey Godden

Anthology of British tea cups– M Merthoud page 8 plate 43

We are unsure as to the origins of the Redgrave name. There was a noble family of this name in Suffolk and also a decorator at the manufactory. There are multiple patterns described as Redgrave. so we assume it associated with the decorator.

For a cream jug in the same pattern please see the V&A

https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O227983/cream-jug-lowestoft-porcelain-factory/