Saucer (part of a service)
Medium
Soft-paste porcelain
Dimensions
Diameter: 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm)
Classification
Ceramics-Porcelain
Culture
British, Worcester
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Lesley and Emma Sheafer Collection, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, 1973
Accession Number
1974.356.613
Art Historical Context
This delicate saucer, part of a larger porcelain service, hails from the renowned Worcester factory during the Dr. Wall period around 1770. Produced in Britain at the height of the 18th-century porcelain mania, it exemplifies the soft-paste porcelain for which Worcester was celebrated—a refined, bone-ash-infused ceramic that mimicked the translucent quality of prized Chinese hard-paste wares but was more affordable and adaptable for English tastes. Measuring just 5¼ inches in diameter, its modest scale belies its role in elegant tea rituals, a social staple among the British gentry. The Dr. W...
About the Artist
Dr. Wall Period|Worcester factory (British| ) · 1751 | –2008 |
British, 1751–2008|