tureen stand
Worcester Porcelain Factory 1751
Summary
Public: Tureen stand, soft paste porcelain, painted in underglaze cobalt blue and purple, pink, iron red, yellow and green enamels and gilt with sprays of flowers. Private: Tureen stand of moulded diamond shape with rounded corners and undulating rim with four indentations. Curved sides tapering to oval well. Rim edged in scalloped gilt, underglaze blue border widening at intervals, decorated in gilt pattern of rings of small gilt dots and border of rococo scrolls. Main body painted with eight festoons of purple flowers suspended from larger of the gilt scrolls, and single sprays of pink and yellow flowers suspended between each festoon. Spray of different flowers and foliage in well.
Object Name
tureen stand
Creators Name
Date Created
c 1775=1785
accession number
1917.485
Collection Group
Place of creation
Worcester
Medium
Credit
Leicester Collier Bequest
