Worcester Porcelain Manufactory
Basket

CultureEnglish
Titles
  • Basket
Datec. 1770–1785
Made inWorcester, England
MediumSoft-paste porcelain
Dimensions4 1/2 × 10 1/8 in. (11.4 × 25.7 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.56.94
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Massachusetts Room
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Bayou Bend
Object Type
DescriptionFounded in 1751, the Worcester Porcelain Manufactory purchased the Bristol factory of Benjamin Lund in 1752 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 from 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 basket is decorated in the “Pinecone” pattern.
Provenance[Alfred Neuberger, New York], by 1956; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, October 9, 1956; given to MFAH, by 1966.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Crescent in blue on bottom

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