Pearlware Tea Bowl and Saucer
notes: label: Description
content: This ceramic, earthenware tea bowl and saucer was manufactured in England between 1820 and 1840. The cobalt-blue flora decoration on the cup and bowl was an attempt at replicating the underglaze blue painting found on Chinese and Japanese china for British use and export. Due to the British connections with tea in the United States, tea drinking decreased in popularity during the 19th century. But, a home tea service remained a symbol of gentility and class—upper classes used pure silver sets, while lower classes used silver luster or ceramic sets to serve afternoon tea and entertain guests.
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England
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content: Home and Community Life: Ceramics and Glass
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content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition
content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Clare Shenehon Boyd
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0614.119ab
label: accession number
content: 1980.0614
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0614.119ab
objectType: label: Object Name
content: tea bowl and saucer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: blue (saucer color)
label: Physical Description
content: monochrome, blue (component surface decoration color name)
label: Physical Description
content: flowers (overall description of decoration)
label: Physical Description
content: ceramic, earthenware, refined (saucer material)
label: Physical Description
content: ceramic, earthenware, refined (tea bowl material)