Ceramics of Locust Grove

Here you will find highlights of ceramic pieces from the Young Family Collection, for you to enjoy. Be sure to check back soon as we continue to add more highlights from the collection! More than 75 teapots in a variety of styles are on display at Locust Grove. All were owned by members of the Young family, and have been on view in the house for more than a century.

Cauldon "Exotic Birds" Dinner Service
Stoke-on-Trent, England
c. 1910
#1168

Transfer Decorated Teapot
England
1825-1850
#607

Porcelain Teapot
China for export to England
1775-1825
#607

Sevres "Napoleonic" Dinner Service
Paris, France
1854
#1091

Chinese Export "Ribbon" Dinner Service
Canton, China, most likely for export to France
1820-1830
#0963

Dinner was serious business when the Young family dined at Locust Grove! In 1901 a new and much larger dining room was added to the house to accommodate the grand parties the family would host. The adjoining Butler's Pantry and China Room made it possible to store and maintain 12 dinner services with nearly 2,000 pieces of porcelain collected by Martha Young between the 1880s and 1930s.

Chinese Export Dinner Service
Canton, China for export to the U.S.A.
1840-1850
#1089

Limoges "Wedding" Dinner Service
Limoges, France, c. 1880

#1064 

Marc Schoelcher Co. Porcelain Teapot
Paris, France
1810-1825
#339

Sevres "Louis Phillippe" Dinner Plates
Paris, France
1846-1848
#1092

Meissen "Bird" Dinner Service
Dresden, Germany
c. 1875
#1098 

Faience Jardiniere
Blois, France
1904
#0479

Sevres Porcelain Teapot
Paris, France
c. 1855 or 1856
#1091

Meissen "Sprigged" Dinner Service
Dresden, Germany
1850-1870
#1101

Meissen "Rose" Dinner Service
Dresden, Germany
1875-1900
#1149

Meissen "Compass" Dinner Service
Dresden, Germany
c. 1900
#1169

Transferware Dinner Service
England
1825-1830
#0544

Glazed Stoneware Teapot
England
1805-1815
#3463

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