Sweetmeat Dish
Manufacturer
Worcester Porcelain Company
(British)
CultureEnglish
Dateca. 1760
MediumPorcelain
Dimensions6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm)
Credit LineOn loan from the City of Norfolk, gift of Elise and Henry Clay Hofheimer II
Object numberL2005.10.135
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a Worcester 'Valentine' Pattern 'Blind Earl' Sweetmeat Dish. Characteristically molded with two rose and green buds and two stems of rose leaves issuing from the twig handle, and painted in shades of rose, purple, green, brown and iron-red with a bird flying toward a flaming altar, a floral garlanded breadfruit tree and a pair of lovebirds perched on a quiver in a hilly landscape, the scalloped rim with a border of diapered panels, S-scrolls and trefoil foliate devices.ProvenanceHenry Clay Hofheimer, II
Worcester Porcelain Company
ca. 1757-60