Description.A fine example of a New Hall pattern 1053 cup and saucer. Bat printed and overpainted, with three separate printed images, being (utilising the numbering system devised by Pat Preller in "New Hall Bat Prints") print numbers C5 (the cottage on the cup); (view near Eltham,also on the cup ) and PC15 (the children playing, on the saucer).
The item is not itself marked, but came to me as part of a larger service which was so marked. There is, however, what would appear to be a tally mark on the saucer.
The pattern can be investigated easily.
Condition.
In excellent antique condition, with no apparent defects, apart from a firing flaw to the rim.
Dimensions.
Cup-5.7cm tall
Saucer 13.5cm in diameter
Important
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Restoration is sometimes extremely difficult to detect. We use UV light and transmitted light to check whether restoration has occurred. Sometimes, even those methodologies do not reveal restoration. If you are able, notwithstanding the definition, to show that restoration of a significant nature has occurred, we would obviously allow cancellation of the sale in such circumstances.
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We do not generally point out crazing, and do not regard it as a defect worth mentioning in pieces of the age we sell, unless it is not completely noticeable in photographs and is both extensive and undiscoloured. If you have concerns as to whether a piece is crazed, please ask us.