Dinner Plate

scan from file photograph--image is identical for b.56.43.1 and B.56.43.2. Not sure which plat ...

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Dinner Plate
scan from file photograph--image is identical for b.56.43.1 and B.56.43.2. Not sure which plate is actually pictured.
CultureEnglish
Titles
  • Dinner Plate
Datec. 1755–1770
Made inEngland
MediumSalt-glazed stoneware
Dimensions9 3/8 in. diameter (23.8 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.56.43.1
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.
Provenance[Needham's Antiques, New York]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, June 4, 1956; given to MFAH, by 1966.

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