Ladle
Date1768-1775
Artist/Maker
Worcester Porcelain Manufactory
OriginEngland, Worcester
MediumSoft-paste porcelain
DimensionsOL: 6 1/2"
Credit LineGift of Mr. Samuel M. Clarke
Object number1993-179,2
DescriptionLadle intended to accompany tureen and cover (acc. no. 1993-179,1 A&B). Of warm white body with warm glaze. The ladle with slightly curved handle swelling at the terminal and fourishing in a shell to the underside of the round bowl. The tip of the handle with white reserve in mirror-shape; the bowl with central reserve echoing the shape of the tureen. The Gros Bleu (dark blue) ground with little wreathes of gilt dots. The reserves with ogee gilt borders. The center of the bowl decorated with dry puce garlands of flowers around a central purple flower, very much in the manner of Sevres.Inscription(s)noMark(s)Three dots in underglaze blue to underside.ProvenanceEx. Coll: F.W. Carter, EdinburghMarshall Field & Co., Chicago
with Hanzel Galleries, Chicago, 21 July 1968, lot 38
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Clarke, 1987
