Worcester Porcelain Manufactory
Sweetmeat Stand

CultureEnglish
Titles
  • Sweetmeat Stand
Datec. 1770
Made inWorcester, England
MediumSoft-paste porcelain
Dimensions3 1/2 × 7 3/4 in. (8.9 × 19.7 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.56.96
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Drawing Room
On view

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Bayou Bend
Object Type
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. Sweetmeat dishes in the shape of shells or groups of shells, like this one, would have served confections, sugared cakes or pastry, candied or crystallized fruit, and sugared nuts.
Provenance[Alfred Neuberger, New York]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, October 9, 1956; given to MFAH, by 1966.
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