Coffee Cup
Manufacturer
Worcester Porcelain Company
(British)
CultureEnglish
Dateca. 1754-55
MediumPorcelain
Dimensions2 in. (5.1 cm)
Credit LineOn loan from the City of Norfolk, gift of Elise and Henry Clay Hofheimer II
Object numberL2005.10.119
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a Early Worcester Fluted Coffee Cup. The tapering body painted in a famille-rose palette of rose, green, iron-red and blue on either side with a trailing floral spray beneath a border of four demi-blossoms interrupting a band of green and blue whorls beneath an iron-red line around the heptafoil rim, the C-scroll handle with a scroll terminal.ProvenanceHenry Clay Hofheimer, II
Worcester Porcelain Company
ca. 1780-85
