Rare Assembled Pair of Worcester 'Quail' Pattern Conical Coffee Cups and Saucers
Manufacturer
Worcester Porcelain Company
(British)
CultureEnglish
Dateca. 1775-80
MediumPorcelain
Dimensions2 3/8 in. (6 cm)
4 13/16 in. (12.2 cm)
4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm)
4 13/16 in. (12.2 cm)
4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm)
Credit LineOn loan from the City of Norfolk, gift of Elise and Henry Clay Hofheimer II
Object numberL2005.10.159
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a rare assembled pair of Worcester "Quail" pattern conical coffee cups (.1A, .2A) and saucers (.1B, .2B) painted in a Kakiemon palette heightened in gilding with a brace of quail walking between a flowering plant and a gnarled prunus tree. The rim is painted with four floral sprigs and two clusters of blossoms and leaves within an iron-red foliate-scroll border at the edge and interrupted at the corners with green enamel blossoms on the narrower cup and the saucers and gilt blossoms on the other cup. The narrower cup and the saucers are marked with crescent marks in gold and the stouter cup is marked with a stylized corssed swords mark in blue enamel.ProvenanceHenry Clay Hofheimer, II
Worcester Porcelain Company
ca. 1775-80
Worcester Porcelain Company
ca. 1770
