Collection Highlights
Euphemia Toussaint (1815-1829)
ca. 1825
1920.6
Watercolor on ivory
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Tea bowl and saucer
Object name
Tea bowl and saucer
Date
1753-1760
Medium
Porcelain
Dimensions
Part (saucer): 1 x 4 7/8 in. (2.5 x 12.4 cm)
Part (tea bowl): 1 3/4 x 3 in. (4.4 x 7.6 cm)
Description
Porcelain tea bowl and saucer painted in underglaze blue with large sprays of petaled flowers in the saucer interior and bowl exterior and a scrolling painted blue border on interior rims of both; the center of the bowl has a small painted flower; workmen's mark on saucer and bowl.
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Edmund Astley Prentis
Object Number
1957.306cd
Marks
painted: on saucer and bowl: workman's marks
Gallery Label
The workman's marks date these pieces to the first decade of Worcester production.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
