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Worcester Coffee Cup

Manufacturer Worcester Porcelain Company (British)

CultureEnglish

Dateca. 1768-70

MediumPorcelain

Dimensions2 1/2 × 3 1/4 × 2 1/2 in. (6.4 × 8.3 × 6.4 cm)

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

Object numberL2005.10.195

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 112, Case 2

DescriptionThis is a Worcester coffee cup painted in the London workshop of James Giles in black washed in green with three figures standing on a river bank and looking toward a church and other buildings on the opposite bank. The bottom of the interior has a gilt blossom beneath a gilt-border of interlocking C-scrolls and pendants around the gilt-edged rim. There is a grooved loop handle dashed in gilding.
ProvenanceHenry Clay Hofheimer, II