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Chocolate Cup and Saucer, “Fence” Pattern

Manufacturer Worcester Porcelain Company (British)

CultureEnglish

Dateca. 1770-80

MediumPorcelain

Dimensions5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm)
5 13/16 in. (14.8 cm)

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

Object numberL2005.10.63

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DescriptionThis is a 'Fence' Pattern Chocolate Cup (A) and Saucer (B). Each piece of ogee shape, the cup with scroll handles at the sides and transfer-printed on the front and reverse in two segments, the deep saucer printed with the scene as a whole depicting peonies growing by a Chinese garden fence, and to the left two birds flying toward a hut on an island beyond, the interior of the scalloped and barbed rim with a wide cell diaper border. Crescent marks printed in underglaze-blue.
ProvenanceHenry Clay Hofheimer, II