Sweetmeat Tray

CultureEnglish
Titles
  • Sweetmeat Tray
Datec. 1760–1770
Made inEngland
MediumSalt-glazed stoneware
Dimensions3/4 × 4 3/8 × 5 3/16 in. (1.9 × 11.1 × 13.1 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.56.30.2
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Bayou Bend Dining Room
On view

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
DescriptionGerman and Dutch potters introduced the technique of making salt-glazed stoneware to England in the seventeenth century. Durable and hygienic, salt-glazed stoneware gained great popularity in the eighteenth century, eventually surpassing that of delftware. While English potters made salt-glazed stoneware with various body colors and decorated it with colored slips and enamels, much was white with molded decoration and sometimes with elaborate piercings.This triangular dish served sweetmeats.
Provenance[Teina Baumstone, New York]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, June 7, 1956; given to MFAH, by 1966.

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