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Tea bowl and saucer
Medium
porcelain (soft-paste)
Measurements
4.8 × 12.9 cm diameter (overall)
Accession Number
2024.301.a-b
Department
International Decorative Arts
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Patricia Begg OAM Bequest, 2024
© Public Domain
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work

The claret ground was first employed at Chelsea around 1760 and was one of several experimental ground colours introduced by Nicholas Sprimont, the proprietor at this time. These grounds were expensive to produce and notoriously unstable.