New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.

Teabowl and Saucer

Manufacturer Worcester Porcelain Company (British)

Dateca. 1762-65

MediumPorcelain

Dimensions2 13/16 in. (7.1 cm)
4 11/16 in. (11.9 cm)

ClassificationsDecorative arts

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

Object numberL2005.10.106

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DescriptionThis is a 'The Bird Coop' Pattern Teabowl (A) and Saucer (B). Each printed in purple with a scene by Robert Hancock depicting a lady standing on a wooden bridge over a stream and observing another climbing a ladder toward a bird house near a cottage, the teabowl with the scene rendered in two vignettes and with a tree before distant buildings in the center, and each with a purple enamel line around the rim edge.