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New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
Worcester 'Rich Queen's' Pattern Punch Pot and Cover
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.

Worcester 'Rich Queen's' Pattern Punch Pot and Cover

Manufacturer Worcester Porcelain Company (British)
CultureEnglish
Dateca. 1770
MediumPorcelain
Dimensions6 5/8 × 9 × 5 1/2 in. (16.8 × 22.9 × 14 cm)
Credit LineOn loan from the City of Norfolk, gift of Elise and Henry Clay Hofheimer II
Object numberL2005.10.176
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DescriptionThis is a Worcester "Rich Queen's" pattern punch pot (A) and cover (B). It is painted in iron-red, green, blue, and gilding with panels of prunus branches or chrysanthemums alternating with underglaze blue panels reserved with a gilt-centered iron-red and white mons surrounded by gilt blossoms and foliage. The base of the pot and the dome of the cover have an underglaze blue border reserved with a white floral vine. The cover has an iron-red and green floral sprig knop. There is a pseudo-Chinese seal mark in underglaze blue. There are tiny chips in the knop.
ProvenanceHenry Clay Hofheimer, II