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Dessert Plate

Manufacturer Worcester Porcelain Company (British)

CultureEnglish

Dateca. 1768-1776

MediumPorcelain

DimensionsOverall: 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm)

InscribedUnderglaze blue open crescent.

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

Object numberL80.258.2A

Not on view

DescriptionWhite center with medallion to sides and inner lip with an exotic bird in polychrome and enamel purple alighting on a green patch beside a blossoming bush. House with a tree and fence is behind and to the left of the bird. There is a mountain in the background. Six blossoms with leaves in circle at outer rim. Leaf in outer rim of base below bird. Six bouquets of blossoming flowers and leaves at the inner sections of lips. Scalloped border of lip deep blue within leaf.

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