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Teapot and Cover, “Hops and Panels” Pattern

Manufacturer Worcester Porcelain Company (British)

CultureEnglish

Dateca. 1775-78

MediumPorcelain

Dimensions6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm)

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

Object numberL2005.10.241

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 112, Case 3

DescriptionThis is a Worcester large fluted barrel-shaped teapot (A) and cover (B). Each piece is painted with rose-edged vertical panels of purple floral pendants alternating with swags of iron-red hops and green leaves pendent from a gilt herringbone-patterned rose border reserved with purple foliate panels. The base of the pot and the center of the cover have a gilt-scroll-edged turquoise-ground border of "pearls" interrupted on the cover by the gilt-heightened floral sprig knop. Each piece has a gilt dentil-edged rim. The pot has a hair crack issuing from a strainer hole and the knop has small chips.
ProvenanceHenry Clay Hofheimer, II