Tucker China Factory
Serving Dish

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Serving Dish
Datec. 1832–1838
Made inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
MediumHard-paste porcelain with gilding
Dimensions1 7/8 × 8 3/4 × 8 3/4 in. (4.8 × 22.2 × 22.2 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by Janie C. Lee and David B. Warren
Object numberB.88.24
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Chillman Parlor
On view

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
Description

The body of this example is somewhat more creamy in color than other examples made by the Tucker factory. However, it is decorated with the Spider pattern that seems to be unique to Tucker ornament.  Thomas Tucker’s list for the cost of making products includes references that may refer to this form: “shell dish which cost 10 cents each to produce; square comport which cost 8 cents; Salad-octagon which cost 20 cents.”
 
Related Examples: Winterthur (acc. no. 57.9–43).

Book excerpt: David B. Warren, Michael K. Brown, Elizabeth Ann Coleman, and Emily Ballew Neff. American Decorative Arts and Paintings in the Bayou Bend Collection. Houston: Princeton Univ. Press, 1998.


Provenance[The Stradlings, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1988.
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