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Teabowl and a Saucer

Manufacturer Worcester Porcelain Company (British)

CultureEnglish

Dateca. 1755-65

MediumPorcelain

Dimensions2 13/16 in. (7.1 cm)
4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm)

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

Object numberL2005.10.18

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 112, Case 1

DescriptionThis is a Worcester 'Landslip' Pattern Teabowl (A) and a Saucer (B). Each piece is painted with a gnarled willow tree between a flowering plant and a distant hut on a rocky slope. The teabowl is slightly earlier than the saucer and the glaze of a bluer tone. The teabowl with a workmen's mark and the saucer with a crescent mark in underglaze-blue.
ProvenanceHenry Clay Hofheimer, II