Thoughtful delivery service

Easy 30 day returns

Certified Reviews

Description

A "Peafowl" pattern (Teardrop in Deike) miniature cup & saucer. c.1820-30Description. Painted with the "Teardrop" (as defined by George and Mickey Deike in their magisterial study of this pattern "Feathers and Foliage) variant of the pattern. This is a very simple pattern, quite conceivably painted by children, with almost no decorative embellishment. Deike illustrate various pieces of this design. Although this is a pearlware piece, it was made right on the cusp of the adoption of whiteware spatter designs. The colour

probably from a child's playset

Al'Genovese"

Painted with scattered roses and gilt foliage

though a relatively commonplace design

The quality of decoration of this piece suggests that it may well be an original

beautifully decorated and relatively cheap

One of the applied flowers has been broken

visible on the obverse

Firing flaw to the upper handle terminal

There is ladder-like moulding at the front and rear of the piece

again indicative of a bone-ash body

denoting a date between c