Worcester 'Kempthorne' Pattern Coffee Cup
Manufacturer
Worcester Porcelain Company
(British)
CultureEnglish
Dateca. 1768-70
MediumPorcelain
Dimensions2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)
Credit LineOn loan from the City of Norfolk, gift of Elise and Henry Clay Hofheimer II
Object numberL2005.10.171
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a Worcester "Kempthorne" pattern coffee cup. The cup is bell shaped and painted in an expanded Imari palette of underglaze-blue, iron-red, green, and gilding around the interior of the coffee cup. There are flowering plants growing from a gilt herringbone-patterned underglaze blue border interrupted with iron-red demi-flowerhead panels repeated as a border around the scalloped and barbed rim. There is a crescent shaped mark in underglaze blue.ProvenanceHenry Clay Hofheimer, II
Worcester Porcelain Company
ca. 1780-85
Worcester Porcelain Company
ca. 1770
Worcester Porcelain Company
ca. 1775-80
Worcester Porcelain Company
ca. 1775-80
