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Teabowl and Saucer, “Eloping Bride” Pattern

Manufacturer Worcester Porcelain Company (British)

CultureEnglish

Dateca. 1765-68

MediumPorcelain

Dimensions2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm)
4 1/16 in. (10.3 cm)

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

Object numberL2005.10.4

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 112, Case 4

DescriptionThis is an 'Eloping Bride' Pattern Small Teabowl (A) and Saucer (B). Painted with a Chinese archer abducting his sweetheart on a galloping horse near four men bearing ornaments, a pennant or sprig within a herringbone border around the rim, the exterior of the saucer with four Chinese symbols, pseudo-Chinese makrs within a double circle 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), 66-67, pattern I.A.20.