Bowl
probably ca. 1758–59
Medium
Soft-paste porcelain
Dimensions
3 × 5 7/8 in. (7.6 × 14.9 cm)
Classification
Ceramics-Porcelain
Culture
British, Lowestoft
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Charles E. Sampson Memorial Fund, 1967
Accession Number
67.192.17
Tags
Art Historical Context
This delicate bowl, produced by the Lowestoft porcelain manufactory in Suffolk, England around 1758–59, early British ceramic innovation. Measuring just 3 × 5⅞ inches, it was crafted from soft-paste porcelain—a, translucent material blending clay, ground glass (frit), and other ingredients, fired at lower temperatures than true hard-paste porcelain from China or Meissen. Lowestoft, active from the 1750s to the 1800s, sought to rival imported luxury wares, making fine tableware accessible to British households during the height of Georgian elegance. The bowl's landscapes, likely rendered in un...