Tea and coffee service
(1764-1770)

WEDGWOOD, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent (manufacturer)

SADLER & GREEN, Liverpool (decorator)

Medium: earthenware (creamware)
Measurements: (a-b) 13.3 × 20.9 × 12 cm (overall) (teapot)
(c-d) 24.1 × 21.1 × 12.8 cm (overall) (coffee pot)
(e-f) 15.5 × 11.4 × 9.1 cm (overall) (milk jug)
(g) 10.6 × 7.7 × 5.3 cm (tea caddy)
(h-i) 4.9 × 12.4 cm diameter (overall) (tea bowl and saucer)
(j-k) 5 × 12.3 cm diameter (overall) (tea bowl and saucer)
Place/s of Execution: Staffordshire, England
Inscription: (a) impressed in base u.l.: WEDGWOOD
impressed in base c.r.: C
incised in base u.r.: (triangle)
(c) impressed (inverted) in base c.r.: WEDGWOOD
incised (diagonally) in base c.r.: (triangle)
incised (vertically) in base l.l.: V
(e) incised in base u.l.: (cross)
(g) impressed in base u.c.: Wedgwood
(h) impressed in base u.r.: ()
(i) incised in base c.: L
(j) incised in base c.: (triangle)
(k) impressed in base l.r.: ()
Accession Number: D9.a-k-1993
Department: International Decorative Arts
Credit Line: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by Mr Keith M. Deutsher, Founder Benefactor, 1993
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Gallery location: 18th Century Decorative Arts & Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
Physical description: Earthenware (creamware), decorated with the 'Tea party' and 'Shepherd' patterns transfer-printed in brownish-black.

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