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Pitcher, "Fancy Birds" Pattern
Image Not Available for Pitcher, "Fancy Birds" Pattern

Pitcher, "Fancy Birds" Pattern

Manufacturer Worcester Porcelain Company (British)
CultureEnglish
Dateca. 1770
MediumPorcelain
DimensionsOverall: 12 in. (30.5 cm)
Base: 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm)
InscribedUnderglaze blue fretted square.
Credit LineOn loan from the City of Norfolk, gift of Elise & Henry Clay Hofheimer, II
Object numberL76.60.7
On View
On view
DescriptionBlue "scale" ground with various white ground insets depicting exotic birds and butterflies, spout decorated with bearded face.

Exhibition History"Reopening of the Joan P. Brock Galleries," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., Opening in March of 2008.
Worcester Porcelain Company
ca. 1770
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Worcester Porcelain Company
ca. 1770
Worcester Porcelain Company
ca. 1770
Worcester Porcelain Company
ca. 1770
Worcester Porcelain Company
ca. 1770
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
Worcester Porcelain Company
ca. 1770
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
Worcester Porcelain Company
ca. 1770
Worcester Porcelain Company
1768-1776
Worcester Porcelain Company
ca. 1768-1776