2 Sets Antique c1800 New Hall England Porcelain Teacup & Saucer & Plate Pat.670 for Sale

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2 Sets Antique c1800 New Hall England Porcelain Teacup & Saucer & Plate Pat.670 For Sale

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2 Sets Antique c1800 New Hall England Porcelain Teacup & Saucer & Plate Pat.670:
$450.00

This is for 2 antique sets of hard paste porcelain teacups and saucers and plates made by New Hall China Manufactory of Staffordshire England sometime around 1800. Very rare to find this many pieces of one pattern in excellent condition as these are. This pattern is numbered 670 in red on the back of the 2 plates. The pattern is a wide band of orange outlined in gold with vines and leaves in gold. There are gold starbursts in the centers of each piece. Pictures 12 & 13 show the big plates, 14 & 15 the saucers, and 16 & 17 the cups. Each set of six pictures is of one item.

As was the custom then, the pattern number it is not on the cups or saucers, nor is there a backstamp. This can make documenting the date of manufacture and maker quite a challenge. But having the plates with the pattern number really helped! The pattern #670 is documented as being made by New Hall in the book “New Hall” by David Holgate, published 1987 on pages 190 and 192. On page 190, pattern 670 is referenced as “orange colour variant of pattern 692”, and a picture of pattern 692 with a dark band, is shown on page 192.

The cups have a loop handle, unlike tea bowls which were still being made then, that have no handle. I have read one reason handles were put on teacups is because the English like their tea really hot, hotter than the Chinese, so having a handle kept fingers from being burned. Also, the saucers are very deep, almost a shallow bowl itself, which is deep enough for (too) hot tea to be poured in a cooled off, which was the custom then.

This set in excellent 225 year old condition, but it does show some age. On the inside of one cup, is what looks like two manufacturing flaws. They look like imperfections that were partially glazed over and do not go through to the outside of the cup. I cannot see anything from the outside, nor can I feel anything running my fingernail over that area. See picture #19 that shows the inside of the cup and the outside of the cup on the opposite side. There is also one spot on the outer rim of one plate that has a small flea bite that has gotten dirt in it over the years (picture 20). Also, the gold is worn off in several places, like the edges, starbursts, and gold bands.

And you are not seeing things, the plates are slightly different sizes, and about 1/2 inch difference in diameter. Here are more dimensions.

Cup 2.25” tall, 2.75” diameter, holds 1/2 cup, weighs 3 oz

Saucer 1.25” tall, 5.25” diameter, weighs 4.5 oz

Plate 7 & 7/8” diameter, weighs 11.6 oz

Plate 8 & 3/8” diameter, weighs 12 oz

Background on Newhall is fascinating (at least for a porcelain nerd like myself). They began making hard paste porcelain in the 1780’s, after buying the patent for the secret of how to make hard paste porcelain. This secret to making hard paste porcelain was discovered, then patented in 1768 by William Cookworthy, a chemist, who also discovered sources of two important materials, china clay and china stone, in England. He later sold the patent to Richard Champion, who did not have experience in making porcelain, who eventually sold it to the partners of New Hall in 1781. Having the patent meant New Hall was the only manufacturer in England that could make hard paste porcelain, using the components specified in the patent, until the patent ran out in 1796. I had always wondered why the English made bone china, and this looks like the reason. Spode experimented and is credited for developing the formula for bone china around 1790. But New Hall was already way ahead at the hard paste porcelain factory, and got better and better at making their products.

However there were advantages to bone china, one that it is a whiter porcelain than hard paste, plus it required lower temperatures in the firing process, so it was less expensive to produce. Less coal to heat the kiln and less breakage because the temperature did not have to go as high. So sometime between 1812 and 1814, New Hall seamlessly switched over to making bone china like the rest of the potteries. Somewhere around pattern #1000 is where the switch from hard paste porcelain to bone china happened. New Hall continued in business until 1835.

Please zoom in on the pictures and see the 360 degree view for a closer look. If you need any more pictures, I am happy to do that.

I pack with lots of bubble wrap for safe shipping and ship out quickly, sometimes same day, always by next business day, and sometimes on Saturdays if I can make it to the post office before they close at noon.

Any questions, please ask, and thanks for looking!