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New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
Worcester Blue-Scale 'Fine Old Japan Star' Pattern Sugar Bowl and Cover
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.

Worcester Blue-Scale 'Fine Old Japan Star' Pattern Sugar Bowl and Cover

Manufacturer Worcester Porcelain Company (British)
CultureEnglish
Dateca. 1770
MediumPorcelain
Dimensions5 9/16 in. (14.1 cm)
Credit LineOn loan from the City of Norfolk, gift of Elise and Henry Clay Hofheimer II
Object numberL2005.10.287
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a Worcester blue-scale "Fine Old Japan Star" pattern sugar bowl (A) and cover (B). Each piece is reserved with three gilt rococo scroll-edged "mirror"-shaped cartouches painted with iron-red and gilt star-shaped blossoms between iron-red fan-shaped devices at the sides. The exterior is further reserved with three "vase"-shaped cartouches beneath triangular panels, all edged with scrollwork and containing a single iron-red blossom. There is a pseudo-Chinese seal mark in underglaze blue. The knop blossom is restored in plaster.
ProvenanceHenry Clay Hofheimer, II
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