And You Thought All That Campbell Soup Was in Cans

Many years ago there used to be a program on WFLN, a classical music station out of Philadelphia (the station no longer exists) and it was 5 or 10 minutes long and broadcast from the Campbell Soup Museum in Camden, New Jersey. It was hosted by an erudite gentleman by the name of Ralph Collier (who was born in Germany but spoke elegant English). Called "Tours and Detours," it might be about anything in the world, as he was a world traveler and he broadcast several programs from the 1960's to 2011. (pictured -the Campbell Collection at Winterthur)

But every once in a while he would mention the collection of soup tureens which surrounded him where he broadcast in the Campbell Museum. Mr. Collier was president of the  Museum from 1975 to 1990, a job that enabled him to travel the world to 80 cities in the U.S. and Canada as well as Europe and Australia with the multi-million dollar collection of 18th century objects.

So what was I doing amidst soup tureens?  Winterthur Museum now houses this collection in a glass corridor between the Museum and Library, and one passes through it to get from the pool garden to the Galleries. Since it was a drizzly day today, I lingered and perused the tureens.

Below:1755 from Delft Holland

             1744 Meissen Germany

             1770  Kiel Germany Boar's Head

Wandering the world of historic homes and museums in Delaware and Southern Chester County, Pennsylvania, Carolyn Roland, Your Older and Historic Homes Resource.