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New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
Worcester Large Spherical Teapot and Cover
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.

Worcester Large Spherical Teapot and Cover

Manufacturer Worcester Porcelain Company (British)
CultureEnglish
Dateca. 1775-80
MediumPorcelain
Dimensions6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm)
Credit LineOn loan from the City of Norfolk, gift of Elise and Henry Clay Hofheimer II
Object numberL2005.10.157
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 112, Case 5
DescriptionThis is a Worcester large spherical teapot (A) and cover (B) boldly painted in iron-red, yellow, rose, blue, green, brown, and black on either side with a Chinese lady standing at the door of a house watching a man holding a posy and a boy plucking branches within an iron-red edged panel reserved on a gilt scrollwork ground further reserved with iron-red and black floral panels and rose floral roundels. The cover has garden fence vignettes reserved on a similar gilt scrollwork ground interrupted by the iron-red and green floral sprig knop. The spout has been repaired and chipped.
ProvenanceHenry Clay Hofheimer, II
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