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Rare Caughley Porcelain Egg Drainer Fisherman Patt. C.1785
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Rare Caughley Porcelain Egg Drainer Fisherman Patt. C.1785

18th century
For Sale by The Fancy Fox
Description

A lovely, rare, and delicate saucer shaped porcelain egg drainer with a shell shaped handle. Printed with the Fisherman pattern. Unmarked, c.1785.

It measures 8.2cm cm (3 1/4") wide (10.1cm (4") including the handle) and 1.5cm (5/8") high.

In excellent condition with no damage, repair or restoration. Minimal handling wear. One tiny spot of discoloration to the underside.

Date of Manufacture

The Fancy Fox has dated this Caughley Porcelain Egg Drainer to the 18th Century.

Independent Date Guide ID 09509424
Dealer's Item Date18th Century
Sellingantiques Date18th Century
Sellingantiques agingItem 230-255 years old
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Why Sellingantiques dated this piece to THE 18TH CENTURY:
Underglaze blue transfer print of the Fisherman pattern: late 18th century English manufacture.
Hand-pierced draining holes with glaze pooling at the edges.
Moulded shell handle applied at the rim: typical Caughley form.
Bluish lead glaze over soft-paste porcelain body.
Unmarked shallow foot rim with light localised discolouration around the holes.

This Independent Date Guide was compiled by Sellingantiques using its own proprietary system. It works only from the photographs shown on this page and is never told the date the dealer has declared. It is a guide, not a guarantee of age, and occasional errors can occur.

Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Reference
SA1215632
Dealers Internal Reference
FA1963
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Description
A lovely, rare, and delicate saucer shaped porcelain egg drainer with a shell shaped handle. Printed with the Fisherman pattern. Unmarked, c.1785.

It measures 8.2cm cm (3 1/4") wide (10.1cm (4") including the handle) and 1.5cm (5/8") high.

In excellent condition with no damage, repair or restoration. Minimal handling wear. One tiny spot of discoloration to the underside.

Date of Manufacture

The Fancy Fox has dated this Caughley Porcelain Egg Drainer to the 18th Century.

Independent Date Report ID 09509424
Dealer's Item Date18th Century
Sellingantiques dating18th Century
Sellingantiques agingItem 230-255 years old
ResultsDates match
Why Sellingantiques dated this piece to the 18th Century:
Underglaze blue transfer print of the Fisherman pattern: late 18th century English manufacture.
Hand-pierced draining holes with glaze pooling at the edges.
Moulded shell handle applied at the rim: typical Caughley form.
Bluish lead glaze over soft-paste porcelain body.
Unmarked shallow foot rim with light localised discolouration around the holes.

This is an independent date report produced by Sellingantiques using its own proprietary system. The process uses the photographs shown on this page. The system is never told the date the dealer has declared. This report shows that the two dates corroborate.

Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Ref
SA1215632
Dealers Internal Ref
FA1963
The Fancy Fox
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Offering fine porcelain and pottery, 18th century and later, silver, glass and other small attractive pieces

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A circular blue and white transfer-printed porcelain egg drainer featuring a chinoiserie river scene with drainage perforations and a moulded shell handle.
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Archive I A circular blue and white transfer-printed porcelain egg drainer featuring a chinoiserie river scene with drainage perforations and a moulded shell handle.

Rare Caughley Porcelain Egg Drainer Fisherman Patt. C.1785

Archive II A circular blue and white transfer-printed porcelain egg drainer featuring a chinoiserie river scene with drainage perforations and a moulded shell handle. View II
Archive III A circular blue and white transfer-printed porcelain egg drainer featuring a chinoiserie river scene with drainage perforations and a moulded shell handle. View III
Archive IV A circular blue and white transfer-printed porcelain egg drainer featuring a chinoiserie river scene with drainage perforations and a moulded shell handle. View IV
Archive V A circular blue and white transfer-printed porcelain egg drainer featuring a chinoiserie river scene with drainage perforations and a moulded shell handle. View V
Archive VI A circular blue and white transfer-printed porcelain egg drainer featuring a chinoiserie river scene with drainage perforations and a moulded shell handle. View VI
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A circular blue and white transfer-printed porcelain egg drainer featuring a chinoiserie river scene with drainage perforations and a moulded shell handle.
Rare Caughley Porcelain Egg Drainer Fisherman Patt. c.1785
Ref: SA1215632
A circular blue and white transfer-printed porcelain egg drainer featuring a chinoiserie river scene with drainage perforations and a moulded shell handle.
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Cataloguer’s note

Written by Sellingantiques from the dealer’s photographs and listing
  • ObjectTableware
  • Period18th century
  • StyleGeorgian
  • MaterialSoft-paste Porcelain
  • ColourBlue and White
  • MotifsChinoiserie landscape, Shell handle, Central perforations, Geometric rim border

This Georgian soft-paste porcelain egg drainer dates from the 18th century. The saucer-shaped piece has a white body decorated in blue with a transfer-printed Chinoiserie landscape showing a river scene, a geometric patterned rim border, and central drainage perforations. A moulded shell-shaped handle projects from the lower edge, featuring ribbed detailing and a pointed tip. The interior exhibits the detailed blue and white transfer-printed pattern surrounding the pierced holes, while the rim displays a neat circular border of repeated geometric motifs. The piece measures 8.2cm wide, expanding to 10.1cm including the handle, and stands 1.5cm high. Today, this item functions well as a decorative display object on a sideboard top in an English Country house interior. Collectors of eighteenth-century tableware can place it within a cabinet or upon a decorative tray alongside other blue and white ceramics. Its compact proportions allow it to sit easily on small display surfaces or within open shelving arrangements as an example of early English porcelain production.

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Produced in Shropshire during the late eighteenth century, Caughley porcelain is renowned for introducing underglaze blue transfer-printed patterns to English soft-paste ceramics, heavily influenced by imported Chinese motifs.

These items were crafted from soft-paste porcelain and decorated using cobalt oxide pigment applied via copper-plate transfer printing before being coated in a clear lead glaze and fired.

Authentic pieces typically feature soft-paste translucency with a warm greenish-yellow tint when held to light, visible transfer seam joins, and occasionally painted or printed factory marks such as an S or C.

Smaller ceramic objects like egg drainers are best displayed on clear acrylic stands within glazed cabinets, mounted on plate racks, or arranged alongside other blue and white tableware on a sideboard.

Clean gently by hand using tepid water and a mild detergent, avoiding soakings, harsh chemical cleaners, abrasives, or automated dishwashers to prevent glaze damage.
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