Worcester Porcelain Manufactory
Gardener and Companion

CultureEnglish
Titles
  • Gardener and Companion
Date1770
PlaceWorcester, England
MediumSoft-paste porcelain
Dimensions.1: 6 3/8 × 2 5/8 × 2 1/2 in. (16.2 × 6.7 × 6.4 cm)
.2: 6 3/8 × 2 1/2 × 2 3/8 in. (16 × 6.4 × 6 cm)
Credit LineThe Rienzi Collection, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harris Masterson III
Object number79.272.1,.2
Current Location
Rienzi
Ballroom
On view

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Department
Rienzi
Object Type
Provenance[Sotheby's, "Gardener Sale, Feburary 22, 1972, lot 10002]; purchased through Hanns Weinberg, The Antique Company of New York, Inc.; Mr. and Mrs. Harris Masterson III; given to MFAH, 1979.
Exhibition History"English Taste: The Art of Dining in the Eighteenth Century," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 17, 2011–January 29, 2012.

“Celebrating Spring: Porcelain in Bloom in the Rienzi Collection,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Rienzi, March 1–June 29, 2014.

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