.jpg?w=1)
Property from the Ackland Art Museum, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
AN ARMORIAL TEA SERVICE
CIRCA 1790
Details
AN ARMORIAL TEA SERVICE
CIRCA 1790
Each piece with the arms of Ponton with Small quartering Cater in pretence, the borders enriched in gilding, comprising:
A teapot and cover, 6¾ in. (17.3 cm.) high
A tea caddy (later silver cover), 4 7/8 in. (12.5 cm.) high
An open sugar bowl, 2½ in. (6.5 cm.) high
10 teabowls
Six coffee cups
Eight chocolate cups
Nine fluted saucers
11 straight-sided saucers (49)
CIRCA 1790
Each piece with the arms of Ponton with Small quartering Cater in pretence, the borders enriched in gilding, comprising:
A teapot and cover, 6¾ in. (17.3 cm.) high
A tea caddy (later silver cover), 4 7/8 in. (12.5 cm.) high
An open sugar bowl, 2½ in. (6.5 cm.) high
10 teabowls
Six coffee cups
Eight chocolate cups
Nine fluted saucers
11 straight-sided saucers (49)