Exotic Bird Tea Canister Decorated by James Giles, 18th Century

A Chinese export-ware ovoid tea canister and cover decorated in…
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A Chinese export-ware ovoid tea canister and cover decorated in the London atelier of James Giles with exotic birds in landscape, Qianlong period 18th century. Provenance: Robert Burke collection. A related service was supplied made up from from Worcester and Chinese porcelain. See the Worcester cup with Chinese saucer in the Marshall collection Ashmolean Museum Oxford, illustrated in Marshall H Rissik, Coloured Worcester Porcelain of the First Period, 1751-1783 colour plate 9. 13.5 cm high, approx 6.5 cm diameter

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  • Atelier - Atelier (French for "workshop"), in English usuage describes the workshop of an artist in the fine or decorative arts, where the artist and a number of assistants, students and apprentices worked together producing pieces that went out in the artists name. This was the standard practice for European artists from the Middle Ages to the 18th or 19th century
  • Oviform /ovoid - The outline loosely resembling the shape of an egg.

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