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Worcester 'French Shape' Fluted Coffee Cup and Saucer

Manufacturer Worcester Porcelain Company (British)

CultureEnglish

Dateca. 1785

MediumPorcelain

Dimensions2 7/16 in. (6.2 cm)
5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm)

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

Object numberL2005.10.276

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 112, Case 1

DescriptionThis is a Worcester "French shape" fluted coffee cup (A) and saucer (B) decorated in a variation of the "Dalhousie" pattern. Each piece is painted with a landscape roundel encircled by a gilt band and a turquoise and black garrya husk border and surrounded by clusters of yellow-centered rose, purple, and iron-red flowers and green leaves alternating with floral sprigs or insects. The rim has a gros bleu border decorated with a gilt chain motif between gilt C-scrolls and a gilt dentil band around the scalloped edge. There are crescent marks in underglaze blue. The cup footrim is beveled. The saucer has some central scratching,
ProvenanceHenry Clay Hofheimer, II