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New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
Shell-Shaped Dish
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.

Shell-Shaped Dish

Manufacturer Worcester Porcelain Company (British)
CultureEnglish
Dateca. 1756-58
MediumPorcelain
Dimensions4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm)
Credit LineOn loan from the City of Norfolk, gift of Elise and Henry Clay Hofheimer II
Object numberL2005.10.10
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a 'Two Peony Rock Bird' Pattern Shell-Shaped Dish. Molded as a fluted scallop shell and painted with a songbird perched on a pierced rock amidst flowering peonies and other plants, the rim with three scroll-and-bellflower devices, and the corners with leaf sprigs, workman's letter K 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), 156, pattern number I.C.10.
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