Waste Bowl
Manufacturer
Worcester Porcelain Company
(British)
CultureEnglish
Dateca. 1755-60
MediumPorcelain
Dimensions5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm)
Credit LineOn loan from the City of Norfolk, gift of Elise and Henry Clay Hofheimer II
Object numberL2005.10.9
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a 'Cormorant' Pattern Waste Bowl. Painted on the front of the exterior with a large bird perched above a rock near a Chinaman fishing from a skiff, on the reverse with a flowering peony plant, and in the center of the interior with a daisy sprig, workman's leaf mark in underglaze-blue.ProvenanceHenry Clay Hofheimer, II Published ReferencesLawrence Branyan, Neal French and John Sandon, _Worcester Blue and White Porcelain 1751-1790_ (London: Barrie & Jenkins, Ltd., 1989), 125, pattern number I.B.28.
Worcester Porcelain Company
ca. 1757-60
