Worcester Porcelain Manufactory
Waste Bowl

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Maker Worcester Porcelain ManufactoryEnglish, established 1751

CultureEnglish

Titles

Waste Bowl

Date1770

Made inWorcester, England

MediumSoft-paste porcelain with transfer print

Dimensions2 7/16 × 4 3/4 in. diameter (6.2 × 12.1 cm)

Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg

Object numberB.56.136

Current Location

Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens

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Bayou Bend

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CERAMICS

DescriptionDoctor John Wall and three partners established the Worcester Porcelain Factory in 1751. The following year, the firm purchased the Bristol factory of Benjamin Lund 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 in 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.
Provenance[George McFarland, New York], by 1956; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, July 16, 1956; given to MFAH, by 1966.
Exhibition History[The Voyage of Life], Houston Public Library, Houston TX, Jesse Jones (Central) Branch, February 1–27, 1994; Tuttle Branch, March 1–27, 1994; Heights Branch, March 29–April 24, 1994; Robinson-Westchase Branch, April 26–May 22, 1994; Smith Branch, May 24–June 19, 1994.

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