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Wall Cornucopia, “Prunus” Pattern

Manufacturer Worcester Porcelain Company (British)

CultureEnglish

Dateca. 1757-60

MediumPorcelain

Dimensions11 1/8 in. (28.3 cm)

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

Object numberL2005.10.35

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 112, Case 6

DescriptionThis is a 'Cornucopia Prunus' Pattern Wall Cornucopia. Spirally writhen into an S curve and painted with an insect admist the flowering branches of a prunus tree growing from one side, a detached flowering branch and another insect by the scrolled end, and the rim molded with a scroll and vertical lobes above a band or whorls and beneath a band of tight scrolls at the wavy edge, the backplate pierced with two holes for suspension. Pseudo-Meissen crossed swords mark and a letter g in underglaze-blue. Scrolled end has a slight discoloration.
ProvenanceHenry Clay Hofheimer, II