Worcester Porcelain Manufactory
Two-Handled Chocolate Cup and Saucer

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ManufacturerManufactured by Worcester Porcelain ManufactoryEnglish, established 1751

CultureEnglish

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Two-Handled Chocolate Cup and Saucer

Date1765

Made inWorcester, England

MediumSoft-paste porcelain

Dimensions.1, Cup: 2 3/4 × 5 3/8 × 3 3/4 in. (7 × 13.7 × 9.5 cm)
.2, Saucer: 1 7/8 × 5 5/8 in. diameter (4.8 × 14.3 cm)

Credit LineThe Rienzi Collection, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harris Masterson III

Object number84.675.1,.2

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Department

Rienzi

Object Type

CERAMICS

Provenance[Dyson Perrins Collection, Worchester Museum]; purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Harris Masterson III, 1974; given to MFAH, 1984.
Exhibition History“Celebrating Spring: Porcelain in Bloom in the Rienzi Collection,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Rienzi, March 1–June 29, 2014.

“Comfort and the Eighteenth-Century Interior,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Rienzi, September 13, 2014–February 1, 2015.

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