Two miniature cups (part of a service)
ca. 1760–62
Medium
Soft-paste porcelain with underglaze blue
Dimensions
Overall (.20): 1 3/4 × 1 7/16 in. (4.4 × 3.7 cm); Overall (.21): 1 11/16 × 1 5/8 in. (4.3 × 4.1 cm)
Classification
Ceramics-Porcelain
Culture
British, Worcester
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. A. L. Garbat, 1961
Accession Number
61.107.20, .21
Tags
About the Artist
Worcester factory · 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...