Worcester 'Warmstry Fluted' Coffee Cup and Saucer
Manufacturer
Worcester Porcelain Company
(British)
CultureEnglish
Dateca. 1775-78
MediumPorcelain
Dimensions2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm)
4 13/16 in. (12.2 cm)
Credit LineOn loan from the City of Norfolk, gift of Elise and Henry Clay Hofheimer II
Object numberL2005.10.226
DescriptionThis is a Worcester "Warmstry Fluted" coffee cup (A) and saucer (B). Each piece is painted by the "Spotted Fruit Painter" in green monochrome in the cetner with a spray of a peach, leaves, and blossoms within a gilt dentil roundel on the saucer and repeated around the lower body of the cup below three small leaf sprigs. The interior of the barbed rim of each piece has a gilt denil edge. There are pseudo-Chinese seal marks in underglaze blue. The rim of the coffee cup has one small chip and the rim of the saucer has three small chips.
ProvenanceHenry Clay Hofheimer, II
