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Worcester Fluted Hexagonal Spoon Tray

Manufacturer Worcester Porcelain Company (British)

CultureEnglish

Dateca. 1780-85

MediumPorcelain

Dimensions6 in. (15.2 cm)

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

Object numberL2005.10.271

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 112, Case 6

DescriptionThis is a Worcester fluted hexagonal spoon tray painted in the center with a rose and green rosebud sprig in an oval edged with turquoise cailloute within gilt rococo scrollwork forming a lozenge-shaped panel. The rim has a gros bleu border edged with gilt C-scrolls issuing four gilt pendants between sprays of rose, iron-red, or purple blossoms and green leaves and further decorated with gilt C-scrolls and blossoms. The scalloped upper edge has a gilt dentil border. There is a crescent mark in underglaze blue.
ProvenanceHenry Clay Hofheimer, II