Worcester 'Old Worcester Parrot' Pattern Fluted Saucer Dish
Manufacturer
Worcester Porcelain Company
(British)
CultureEnglish
Dateca. 1770
MediumPorcelain
Dimensions6 15/16 in. (17.6 cm)
Credit LineOn loan from the City of Norfolk, gift of Elise and Henry Clay Hofheimer II
Object numberL2005.10.143
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a Worcester "Old Worcester Parrot" pattern fluted saucer dish painted in a famille-rose palette heightened with gilding in the center with an iron-red parrot perched amidst a grape cluster and flowering branches, the well finely fluted, and the rim with a floral border within an iron-red line at the gilt edge. The center star is cracked and worn, tthe rim edge has some wear, and the footrim is beveled.ProvenanceHenry Clay Hofheimer, II
Worcester Porcelain Company
ca. 1770
Worcester Porcelain Company
ca. 1765-70
