Soup Tureen

CultureEnglish
Titles
  • 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
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. 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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