New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.

Pair of Worcester Plates

Manufacturer Worcester Porcelain Company (British)

CultureEnglish

Dateca. 1770-72

MediumPorcelain

Dimensions1 3/4 × 8 7/8 × 8 7/8 in. (4.4 × 22.5 × 22.5 cm)

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

Object numberL2005.10.188

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DescriptionThis is a pair of Worcester plates painted in the London workshop of James Giles in shades of iron-red, rose, blue, yellow, turquoise, green, and brown. In the center of each plate is a stem of white or red currants and on the gilt-edged, petal-shaped rim are three exotic birds perched at the crotch of a berried and bifurcated branch. Both plates have slight wear and a chip on their respective rims.
ProvenanceHenry Clay Hofheimer, II