Worcester 'Astley' or 'Harvest Bug' Pattern Teabowl and Saucer
Manufacturer
Worcester Porcelain Company
(British)
CultureEnglish
Dateca. 1765-70
MediumPorcelain
Dimensions2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm)
4 11/16 in. (11.9 cm)
4 11/16 in. (11.9 cm)
Credit LineOn loan from the City of Norfolk, gift of Elise and Henry Clay Hofheimer II
Object numberL2005.10.137
Not on view
DescriptionThese are a Worcester "Astley" or "Harvest Bug" pattern teabowl (A) and saucer (B) painted in a famille-rose palette heightened in gilding with a gold-spotted black beetle crawling toward a flowering peony branch near two smaller flowering branches and two sprigs and the rim interior with an iron-red scallop-and-dot border.ProvenanceHenry Clay Hofheimer, II
Worcester Porcelain Company
ca. 1770
