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Teabowl and Saucer

Manufacturer Worcester Porcelain Company (British)

CultureEnglish

Dateca. 1775-85

MediumPorcelain

Dimensions3 in. (7.6 cm)
4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm)

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

Object numberL2005.10.58

Not on view

DescriptionThis is a 'Mother and Child' Pattern Teabowl (A) and Saucer (B). Each piece transfer-printed with a Chinese lady seated beside her standing son amidst jardinières filled with flowers and fruit, behind them on the saucer a tall table with a vase and a bowl, the table amidst other vessels printed on the reverse of the teabowl, and the rim of each edged in underglaze-blue. The saucer with hatched crescent mark enclosing a letter L in underglaze-blue.
ProvenanceHenry Clay Hofheimer, II