Possibly with Anglo-Irish cutting, and a date of something like 1790 - 1820 (could be earlier possibly) - very typical grey colour of the period and with ground/polished/bevelled rim. Six point star with each finger made by two separate passes of the wheel (giving unequal length to sides of fingers) and edge of foot has crescent bevel. The method of finishing rim might indicate Continental, but could be Irish?
Height is 3" (75mm) and 4.75" in diameter.
With this type of foot I'd go with a tea mixing bowl every time, but if it is then it's the most shallow tea mixing bowl I've ever seen.
The proportion of foot to bowl diameter is just about right for a t.m. bowl.
On the other hand it has the correct dimensions for a finger bowl, except that f.b's. didn't have feet like this.
Other t.m. bowls I have are probably all post 1830, and are all taller - were earlier t.m. bowls small due to the cost of tea perhaps??
So thoughts please, and thanks for looking
Topic: Georgian tea mixing bowl or finger bowl. (Read 630 times)
