New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.

Teabowl and Saucer

Manufacturer Worcester Porcelain Company (British)

CultureEnglish

Dateca. 1760

MediumPorcelain

Dimensions2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
4 9/16 in. (11.6 cm)

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

Object numberL2005.10.113

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DescriptionThis is a 'Les Garçons Chinois' Pattern Teabowl (A) and Saucer (B). Printed on the front of the teabowl and in the center of the saucer with a scene by Robert Hancock in the manner of Jean Pillement depicting two chinoiserie figures climbing on a rococo scroll in a European river landscape, the reverse of the teabowl with a chinoserie figure dangling a ring from a pole and seated on a scroll beneath a hut, and the center of the interior with a swimming swan, each with a black enamel line around the interior rim.
ProvenanceHenry Clay Hofheimer, II