Worcester 'Dragon in Compartments' Pattern Faceted Saucer
Manufacturer
Worcester Porcelain Company
(British)
CultureEnglish
Dateca. 1770
MediumPorcelain
Dimensions4 11/16 in. (11.9 cm)
Credit LineOn loan from the City of Norfolk, gift of Elise and Henry Clay Hofheimer II
Object numberL2005.10.162
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a Worcester "Dragon in Compartments" pattern faceted saucer painted in iron-red, green, yellow, blue, and rose, and heightened in gilding with two petal-shaped panels of fabulous beasts alternating with two similarly shaped panels of vases on tables above a band of iron-red and green triangles and beneath a black-stippled green border interrupted by iron-red stylized demi-flowerheads. The center has a red-centered blue chrysanthemum blossom within a roundel edged with the iron-red and green triangles. The rim is gilded. There is a pseudo-Chinese seal mark in underglaze blue.ProvenanceHenry Clay Hofheimer, II
Worcester Porcelain Company
ca. 1770
Worcester Porcelain Company
ca. 1795-1800
Worcester Porcelain Company
ca. 1770
