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New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
Worcester 'Old Worcester Parrot' Pattern Coffee Cup and Saucer
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.

Worcester 'Old Worcester Parrot' Pattern Coffee Cup and Saucer

Manufacturer Worcester Porcelain Company (British)
CultureEnglish
Dateca. 1770
MediumPorcelain
Dimensions2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm)
5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm)
Credit LineOn loan from the City of Norfolk, gift of Elise and Henry Clay Hofheimer II
Object numberL2005.10.145
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DescriptionThis is a Worcester "Old Worcester Parrot" pattern coffee cup (A) and saucer (B) painted in a famille-rose palette heightened with gilding in the center with an iron-red parrot perched amidst a grape cluster and flowering branches with a floral border. The exterior of the cup and the interior of the saucer are press-molded with the "Chrysanthemum" pattern of a scrolling floral vine against a pebbled ground. The saucer is marked in underglaze blue with crossed swords and a numeral 9. The cup has a chip on the rim issuing a small hair crack and the handle has been reattached.
ProvenanceHenry Clay Hofheimer, II
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