Worcester Fluted Saucer Dish
Manufacturer
Worcester Porcelain Company
(British)
CultureEnglish
Dateca. 1772-78
MediumPorcelain
Dimensions7 in. (17.8 cm)
Credit LineOn loan from the City of Norfolk, gift of Elise and Henry Clay Hofheimer II
Object numberL2005.10.190
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a Worcester fluted saucer dish painted in the center with a rose, yellow, purple, and iron-red bird perched on a leafy branch. The rim is gilt-edged and scalloped with a border of green trellis diaper panels reserved with gilt-feathered demilunes and edged with gilt C-scrolls pendant at the sides with garlands of rose mignonettes above smaller mignonette clusters.ProvenanceHenry Clay Hofheimer, II
Worcester Porcelain Company
ca. 1780-85
Worcester Porcelain Company
ca. 1770