Collection Highlights
Batter pitcher
Date:
1798
Object Number:
1937.587
Medium:
Stoneware, cobalt oxide
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Luce Center
Serving dish
Object Number:
1957.297b
Date:
1770-1780
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/2 x 15 1/4 in. ( 8.9 x 38.7 cm )
Marks:
maker's mark: hatched crescent
Description:
Large porcelain circular two-lobed dish transfer-printed in underglaze blue with pine cones, pomegranates, and berries (the "pine cone" pattern) in center surrounded by flower sprays, butterflies, and an insect; broad rim decorated with blue printed floral sprays; circumference outlined with painted blue line.
Gallery Label:
Worcester had mastered and excelled in the manufacture of large flatware by the end of the 1760s and had no English contemporary equal.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Edmund Astley Prentis
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
