Sweetmeat Dishes
Manufacturer
Worcester Porcelain Company
(British)
CultureEnglish
Dateca. 1770
MediumPorcelain
Dimensions6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm)
Credit LineOn loan from the City of Norfolk, gift of Elise and Henry Clay Hofheimer II
Object numberL2005.10.32
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a Pair of 'Narcissus' Pattern 'Blind Earl' Sweetmeat Dishes(A-B). Each molded with two sprigs of rose leaves and two buds issuing from the twig-form handle, and painted in the center with a narcissus sprig within a scallop-and-dot roundel repeated as a border around the scalloped edge, the roundel encircled by six floral and foliate sprigs. Script letter W marks in underglaze-blue.ProvenanceHenry Clay Hofheimer, II
