Tea bowl, coffee cup and saucer
Dateca. 1768
Maker
English, Worcester
Label TextThe porcelain formula of Worcester was different from other early English porcelain: it contained "soapy rock" (or soapstone) combined with ball clay and sand. The addition of soapstone made the porcelain resistant to crazing and cracking, which gave the Worcester manufactory a distinct advantage over its competitors when producing tea and coffee equipages.
Object number94.103.123
Provenance[Mr T. Leonard Crow, Tewkesbury, England, until 1950]; sold to Mr and Mrs Kenneth and Priscilla Klepser, 1950-1994 (cf. Mr Crow’s letter dated September 22, 1950 to Mr Klepser); gift from Mr and Mrs Kenneth and Priscilla Klepser to Seattle Art Museum, Washington, 1994
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Worcester Porcelain: The Klepser Collection, August 8, 1985-September 22, 1985. 1984-85 circuit included: Minneapolis, MN, Minneapolis Institute of Art; San Francisco, CA, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; Atlanta, GA, High Museum of Art; Sarasota, FL, Ringling Museum of Art.
Published ReferencesSpero, Simon. Worcester Porcelain: The Klepser Collection. London: The Minneapolis Institute of Arts in association with Lund Humphries Publishers, 1984, p. 105, p. 113, no. 123, illus. (b&w p. 113; color pl. 31)Credit LineKenneth and Priscilla Klepser Porcelain Collection
Dimensions.c Diam.: 5 in.
MediumSoft paste porcelain
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