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Platter

Manufacturer Worcester Porcelain Company (British)

CultureEnglish

Dateca.1768-1776

MediumPorcelain

DimensionsOverall: 6 x 10 in. (15.2 x 25.4 cm)

InscribedUnderglaze blue script "W".

Credit LineOn loan from the City of Norfolk, gift of Elise & Henry Clay Hofheimer, II

Object numberL80.258.1B

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DescriptionScalloped rimmed rectangular platter with lip sides and center in a deep blue with white medallions on either end. Framed within a scroll design in gold with floral and foliate design in the center. Four similar smaller medallions are on the lip of the dish. Oval medallion in the center, white with floral and foliate design within scrolled framed with two urn shaped medallions on either side and centered within smaller medallions on the lip. Each is framed in a scroll and shell design with a spiral finial in gold around the white center with floral and foliate design. Blue scale ground with white reserves.

Exhibition History"Reopening of the Joan P. Brock Galleries," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., Opening in March of 2008.