Underglaze
Printing on porcelain 1750-1800
Shape Type
Breakfast & Tea Wares
Pattern Type
Chinese, Asian and Other Exotic Themes
Date
1770-1775
Dimensions
- Diameter: 12.00 in (30.48 cm)
Maker
Lowestoft
Description:
This saucer is printed with a pattern peculiar to Lowestoft: Two Dromedaries on a Raft. It shows a Chinese figure struggling to control a sampan heavily laden with two large dromedaries. No source for this extraordinary scene has been discovered. The pattern has a simple painted border of two lines but it is also known with a painted trellis border.BACK TO CATALOG INDEX