New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.

Teabowl and Saucer

Manufacturer Worcester Porcelain Company (British)

Dateca. 1758-60

MediumPorcelain

Dimensions2 11/16 in. (6.8 cm)
4 11/16 in. (11.9 cm)

ClassificationsDecorative arts

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

Object numberL2005.10.134

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DescriptionThis is a Worcester Chinoiserie Teabowl (A) and Saucer (B). Each piece 'penciled' in black with a Chinaman holding a bird in his right hand, carrying a parasol in his left and strolling between a vase of peonies on a low table and a pine tree in a fenced garden, the rim with an interior border of diapered panels, S-scrolls and trefoil foliate device, and the center of the teabowl with a vignette of a hut near a willow tree and large rock.