8 Antique 18th Century Qianlong Chinese Export Lowestoft Famille Rose Porcelain

Description

Lot of eight antique Chinese Export and Lowestoft famille rose porcelain tea serving pieces from the late 1700’s (Qianlong Period, circa 1780) featuring the pinky-purple lattice and floral Curtis pattern. Includes three tea / coffee cups, saucers and teapot.

“Lowestoft porcelain, English phosphatic soft-paste ware, resembling Bow porcelain, produced in Lowestoft, Suffolk, from 1757 to 1802; the wares are of a domestic kind, such as pots, teapots, and jugs. Generally on a small scale and light in weight, they are decorated in white and blue or in a polychrome that utilizes a bright brick red. After 1770 transfer printing was used. The shapes were copied from silverwork or from Bow and Worcester porcelain.

Lowestoft has no factory mark; but certain idiosyncrasies help to identify it, such as inside glazing of coffeepots and, on teapots, blue strokes painted at the junctures of handle and spout with the body. Some Lowestoft pieces bear dates, names of owners, or the words “A Trifle from Lowestoft,” and specimens with the mark of Meissen or Worcester are not uncommon. Porcelain made and decorated in China for export to Europe and America was confused with Lowestoft and is still erroneously called “Oriental Lowestoft” in the United States.” “The composition reflects the prevalent Chinese Export porcelains known as Compagnie des indes and ascribed to the local Lowestoft painter Thomas Curtis born to James and Mary Curtis in December 1759. Thomas is thought to have stayed with the company until 1799 prior to its closure in 1802.”

Condition

Good Overall - Some stains/minor edge chips; crack in handled teacup; repairs to teapot lid/handle accent

Dimensions

Teapot - 9.25” x 5” x 5.5” / Smallest Teacups - 3” x 1.75” (Width x Depth x Height/Diameter x Height)