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Dessert plate

Manufacturer Worcester Porcelain Company (British)

CultureEnglish

Dateca. 1770

MediumPorcelain

Dimensions1 1/4 × 8 3/4 × 8 3/4 in. (3.2 × 22.2 × 22.2 cm)

InscribedUnderglaze blue open crescent. Label of: "Bolton & Fairhead, Ltd."

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

Object numberL76.60.11

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DescriptionDessert plate with scalloped edge. Blue ground trimmed in gold with gold design of grape clusters and leaves. Central white ground inset depicts ring-handled urn with two cherubs and flowers. Painted in the London studio of James Giles.

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