Worcester 'Dragon in Compartments' Pattern Faceted Ovoid Tea Canister
Manufacturer
Worcester Porcelain Company
(British)
CultureEnglish
Dateca. 1770
MediumPorcelain
Dimensions4 11/16 in. (11.9 cm)
Credit LineOn loan from the City of Norfolk, gift of Elise and Henry Clay Hofheimer II
Object numberL2005.10.161
DescriptionThis is a Worcester "Dragon in Compartments" pattern faceted ovoid tea cannister painted in iron-red, green, yellow, blue, and rose, and heightened in gilding with two petal-shaped panels of fabulous beasts alternating with two similarly shaped panels of vases on tables above a band of iron-red and green triangles and beneath a black-stippled green border interrupted by iron-red stylized demi-flowerheads. The shoulder has an iron-red and green cell diaper border interrupted with blue-edged floral panels. The base of the neck is encircled with gilt bands. The cannister has a pseudo-Chinese seal mark in underglaze blue. The cover is missing.
ProvenanceHenry Clay Hofheimer, II
