Tea Set (Sugar Bowl, Spoon Tray, Tea Bowl and Saucer, and Milk Jug)

Worcester Porcelain Manufactory

About 1765

  • Titles Tea Set (Sugar Bowl, Spoon Tray, Tea Bowl and Saucer, and Milk Jug) (Descriptive)
  • Artist Worcester Porcelain Manufactory, Worcestershire, England, operated 1751 - about 1783
  • Medium porcelain
  • Dimensions Spoon tray: 7/8 x 5 1/8 x 4 1/4 in. (2.2 x 13 x 10.8 cm) Tea bowl1 1/2 x 2 5/8 in. (3.8 x 6.7 cm) Saucer: 7/8 x 4 in. (2.2 x 10.2 cm) Milk jug: 4 x 3 3/4 x 3 in. (10.2 x 9.5 x 7.6 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Catherine H. Collins Collection, AFI.70.1998.1-.4
  • Work Type tea set
  • Classification Containers

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