Painted with a landscape scene with two figures with barrels, a tree to the foreground of a lake, figures and buildings in the distance, and the teabowl with birds in flight. This form of decoration in Meissen style at this period was largely confined to the Chelsea factory in English porcelain. The style was artistically difficult and was largely discontinued by 1755.
For a Chelsea tea bowl in the same style, see Spero S., Exhibition 2005, English and French Porcelain and Enamels 1740-1785, no.3.
Also Spero S., Early Worcester and Chelsea Porcelain from the Miles Collection, for a Chelsea ribbed or ‘scallopt’ sugar bowl decorated with an Italianate landscape.
And Spero S., The Bowles Collection of English and French Porcelain, nos. 17 and 18
Diameter of saucer 12.2 cm, teabowl 6.8 cm
Marks: None
Condition: Very good, no chips, cracks or restoration
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