Worcester Porcelain Manufactory
Covered Sugar Bowl

CultureEnglish
Titles
  • Covered Sugar Bowl
Datec. 1760–1780
Made inWorcester, England
MediumSoft-paste porcelain
Dimensions5 1/8 × 4 3/4 in. diameter (13 × 12.1 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Owsley
Object numberB.94.5.A,.B
Non exposé

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
DescriptionDoctor John Wall and three partners established the Worcester Porcelain Factory in 1751. The following year, the firm purchased the Bristol factory of Benjamin Lund and so acquired much technical know-how. The factory soon began producing good quality, thinly potted, and durable soft-paste porcelain that did not crack or craze in contact with hot liquids. It made large quantities of tea and coffee wares and decorative vases. The factory pioneered the use of transfer-printing, from 1757 in black and by 1760 in underglaze blue. In the 1770s, there was a rapid growth in the area of blue transfer-printed wares. This sugar bowl is decorated with a floral, fruit, and butterfly pattern
Provenance[Fred Nevill Antiques, Houston]; purchased by MFAH, 1994.

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