Unknown English
Soup Tureen

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CultureEnglish

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Soup Tureen

Datec. 1755–1770

Made inEngland

MediumSalt-glazed stoneware

Dimensions7 1/2 × 6 5/8 × 10 1/2 in. (19.1 × 16.8 × 26.7 cm)

Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg

Object numberB.58.69.A,.B

Current Location

Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens

Ceramics Study Room

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Bayou Bend

Object Type

CERAMICS

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. Soup tureens were the largest components of a dinner service.
Provenance[John Kenneth Byard (1905–1960), Silvermine, Norwalk, Connecticut]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, September 15, 1958; given to MFAH, by 1966.

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