Medium
Soft-paste porcelain
Dimensions
Height: 8 in. (20.3 cm)
Classification
Ceramics-Porcelain
Culture
British, Worcester
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Luke Vincent Lockwood, 1939
Accession Number
39.140.20
Tags
About the Artist
Worcester factory|Robert Hancock|François Vivares|Thomas Gainsborough|Chas. Grignon|Luke Sullivan|Francis Hayman · 1751–2008
The Worcester porcelain factory, established in 1751 in Worcester, England, by physician Dr. John Wall and apothecary William Davis along with 14 partners, marked the birth of one of Britain's most enduring ceramic enterprises. Investing £4,500 at Warmstry House on the River Severn, the founders drew on contacts with the Bristol porcelain manufactory to develop a novel soft-paste porcelain using s...