Additional Image:

This is the back pattern usually found with the Man on a Bridge.

 

The cover of the bowl is printed with four floral sprays and a flower head in the center.

 

Shape Type: Breakfast & Tea Wares

Pattern Type: Chinese, Asian and Other Exotic Themes

Date: c. 1785-1787

Dimensions:

  • Diameter: 4.63 in (11.7602 cm)

Maker: New Hall or possibly Enoch Wood

Maker's Mark:

Printed
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Description:

A hybrid-hard-paste covered sugar bowl of so-called Chinese rice bowl shape.  It is printed with the Man on a Bridge pattern and bears a lion mark.  Wares with this mark have been the subject of considerable discussion.  Their attribution to the New Hall factory has been questioned and it has been suggested that they may have been made at a contemporary Staffordshire factory.  Recently, the...


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