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Whatever the date, the Museum’s glaciers reflect the Greek influence cm. the Regency taste with their freuuent use of the Greek frets and other ornaments in the painted decorative bands The influence of the PWnce Regent, himself, is displayed in the panels of painted shells, for it was he more than any e ther person who had established the seaside as a place of fashion. It was the custom with Barr, Flight and Barr to have its large pieces thrown on the wheel, rather than cast, and to reserve modeling tor the handles, a practice which is seen in the Museum’s glaciers. It was also the custom at the time for dessert service, of which these glaciers formed a part, to be extremely elaborate. There is a recoid, for example, of a dessert service made for the Princess Charlotte. It contained no less than six glaciers, called Warwick ice paiis on the original invoice, and they cost ten guineas each. The Museum’s glaciers are a *perfect'reco.d of an era of tastte, of the dining habits of our ancestors, and of the splendid porcelain created at Worcester.
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