Bowl
Manufacturer
Worcester Porcelain Company
(British)
CultureEnglish
Dateca. 1760
MediumPorcelain
Dimensions8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm)
Credit LineOn loan from the City of Norfolk, gift of Elise and Henry Clay Hofheimer II
Object numberL2005.10.40
Not on view
DescriptionThis is an 'Inverted Floral' Pattern Bowl. Press-molded on the exterior with feathering below a narrow blossom and foliate-scroll border beneath the rim edge, and painted on the front with a sinuous flowering peony plant, on the reverse with the same plant upside down, and on the interior with a central floral spray beneath a cell diaper border around the rim. Crescent mark in underglaze-blue.ProvenanceHenry Clay Hofheimer, II
Worcester Porcelain Company
ca. 1775-80