Saucer (part of a service)

Worcester factory

ca. 1765–75 · Soft-paste porcelain · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Eighteenth- and nineteenth-century porcelain tea sets usually comprised a teapot and stand, milk jug, sugar bowl, tea caddy, spoon tray, slop basin, six or twelve tea bowls with or without handles, and six or twelve saucers, a coffee pot and six or twelve coffee cups and a dish for cake. The Worcester factory made tea bowls with a handle if the decoration was European and without a handle for Oriental designs.

Artist

Worcester factory

Date

ca. 1765–75

Medium

Soft-paste porcelain

Culture

British, Worcester

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Luke Vincent Lockwood, 1939