Worcester Porcelain Manufactory
Covered Dessert Tureen and Ladle

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ManufacturerManufactured by Worcester Porcelain Manufactory(English, established 1751)English, established 1751

AttributionGilding attributed to Charlotte Hampton(English, active late 18th century)English, active late 18th century

CultureEnglish

Titles

Covered Dessert Tureen and Ladle
from the "Bostock" Service

Datec. 1785–1790

Made inWorcester, England

MediumSoft-paste porcelain

Dimensions.1, Tureen: 4 3/4 × 6 5/8 × 4 1/4 in. (12.1 × 16.8 × 10.8 cm)
.2, Ladle: 6 1/2 × 2 × 1 1/8 in. (16.5 × 5.1 × 2.9 cm)

Credit LineThe Rienzi Collection, museum purchase funded by Mr. and Mrs. Harris Masterson III

Object number84.459.1,.2

Non exposé

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Department

Rienzi

Object Type

CERAMICS

ProvenanceReverend Charles Bostock, later Reverend Sir Charles Rich, 1st Baronet, c. 1785–90; Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Sidders Collection; Wills Collection; [Albert Amor Ltd., London]; purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Harris Masterson III; given to MFAH, 1984.
Exhibition History"English Taste: The Art of Dining in the Eighteenth Century," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 17, 2011–January 29, 2012.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Blue crescent

Heraldry: Arms of Bostock, with Rich in pretense

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