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Worcester 'Warmstry Fluted' Coffee Cup and Saucer

Manufacturer Worcester Porcelain Company (British)

Dateca. 1770

MediumPorcelain

Dimensions2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm)
4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm)

ClassificationsDecorative arts

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

Object numberL2005.10.267

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DescriptionThis is a Worcester "Warmstry Fluted" coffee cup (A) and saucer (B). Each piece is painted in shades of rose, purple, iron-red, yellow, and green with four floral sprays alternating with four slightly tapering underglaze blue panels reserved with a roundel painted with an insect. The lower body of the cup and the center of the saucer are encircled by an underglaze blue border reserved with a white flowering vine and enclosing on the saucer a pink and green rosebud sprig. The rim of each piece has a gilt line at the edge. There are pseudo-Chinese seal marks in underglaze blue. The saucer rim has a small restored chip issuing a hair crack running around the well.