Additional Image:

Shown here is a second version of the Tea Party pattern produced by Sewell & Donkin.  Printed in black, a pink luster band has been added to the rim. 

 

Shape Type: Breakfast & Tea Wares

Pattern Type: Genre Scenes

Date: c. 1821-1830

Dimensions:

  • Diameter: 5.25 in (13.335 cm)

Maker: Sewell & Donkin

Description:

An earthenware saucer and tea bowl printed in red on a yellow ground.  The saucer is printed with the Tea Party pattern. A different rural landscape pattern was used for the tea bowl.  The popular 18th century Tea Party design reappears on both printed and printed and painted underglaze earthenware in the first quarter of the 19th century.  While the couple’s apparel has changed...


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