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Tea service

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

ca. 1800

GUSN

GUSN-172774

Description

Partial porcelain tea service consisting of a teapot, teacup and two demitasse cups. White glaze lobed bodies with sepia decoration consisting of medallions enclosing a landscape scene with mountains, houses, a river and a bridge with people.

Details

Descriptive Terms

tea services
porcelain
Chinese export
Service, Tea

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

FD119

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.1877

Places

China

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