Worcester Lozenge-Shaped Dish
Manufacturer
Worcester Porcelain Company
(British)
CultureEnglish
Dateca. 1775
MediumPorcelain
Dimensions9 7/8 in. (25.1 cm)
Credit LineOn loan from the City of Norfolk, gift of Elise and Henry Clay Hofheimer II
Object numberL2005.10.217
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a Worcester lozenge-shaped dish painted in shades of puce, purple, iron-red, blue, yellow, turquoise, and green with a central floral bouquet in the center surrounded on the scalloped and barbed well with scattered sprigs. The rim is molded with a border of basketwork beneath the gilt dentil edge. The gilding in worn.ProvenanceHenry Clay Hofheimer, II