Date: circa 1825
Period: Late Regency
Maker: Henry Daniel
Still-life paintings of summer fruit in the bottom of the cups and centre of the saucer invite the eye. A closer look at the Henry Daniel trio reveals further delicate paintings, this time of butterflies within acanthus scroll cartouches, and gilt anthemions on a dark blue ground. Pale yellow borders are lined by stylised gilt fronds of acanthus.
The pattern number, 3866, is painted in tiny numerals on the bottom of the coffee cup. This dates the trio to around 1825, when Henry Daniel had yet to take his son Richard into partnership.
The shape is known as ‘Etruscan’ and was influenced by archaeological finds in Italy.
Condition: Excellent overall; minor gilt rubbing and scratches.
– Teacup Pristine, apart from two tiny sections of gilding rubbed from the central edge of handle and light rubbing to part the of very thin gilt inner circle around the bottom.
– Coffee cup The inside is pristine. On the outside there is rubbing to a tiny patch of gilding on the bottom of the handle and to the gilt band encircling outer foot rim. Light rubbing of gilt foliage behind the butterflies probably occurred during manufacture when workmen tried to rub clean some cobalt blue colour that ‘bled’ inside the white reserve of the cartouche.
– Saucer Pristine, except for miniscule scratches and rubbing to gilding that are only discernible on close inspection.
Dimensions:
– Saucer diameter 14.4 cm
– Teacup diameter 9.6 cm; width 11.2 cm with handle: height 3.9 cm with handle
– Coffee cup diameter 7.8 cm; width 9 cm with handle; height 5.8 cm with handle
Weight: 354 g
Origin: Stoke on Trent, England
Medium: Bone china (porcelain)
See Henry and Richard Daniel in Profiles for background on the Daniel factory.
