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Bowl
Worcester Porcelain Factory
1758-1780
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Worcester Porcelain Factory (Probable maker)
Place of Origin
Worcester; Worcestershire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Porcelain (soft-paste)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
1983.0031
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Cynthia K. Hoagland and Alison K. Bradford in memory of Theo Davis
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Object Number
1983.0031
Object Name
Bowl
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Worcester Porcelain Factory (Probable maker)
Place of Origin
Worcester; Worcestershire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1758-1780
Subject(s)
- Archaeological evidence for similar (America)
Materials
- Porcelain (soft-paste)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
2.25 (H) x 4.25 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
5.715 (H) x 10.795 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Article: Grigsby, Leslie B. 2005 British Earthenware and Porcelain in Eighteenth Century America, in Gray, Jonathan. 2005. Welsh Ceramics in Context. 2. 71-91.
• Published: p. 88, pl. 4.23Book: Sandon, John & Spero, Simon. 1996 Worcester Porcelain, 1751-1790: The Zorensky Collection. 526 pp.
• Larger Worcester bowl painted with the "dragon" pattern: no. 581, p. 435Book: Godden, Geoffrey A. 2004 Godden's Guide to English Blue and White Porcelain.
• Isleworth bowl with similarly inspired dragon ornament: p. 242, pl. 302, c. 1770-80Article: Jellicoe, Roderick & Hunter, Robert. 2007 English Porcelain in America: Evidence from Williamsburg. Ceramics in America. 165-84.
• Bow porcelain punch bowl with similar dragon pattern excavated at Williamsburg, Virginia: p. 172, fig. 12, c. 1755-60