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New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
Egg Cup, “Floral Sprays” Pattern
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.

Egg Cup, “Floral Sprays” Pattern

Manufacturer Worcester Porcelain Company (British)
CultureEnglish
Dateca. 1768-70
MediumPorcelain
Dimensions2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
Credit LineOn loan from the City of Norfolk, gift of Elise and Henry Clay Hofheimer II
Object numberL2005.10.355
On View
On view
DescriptionThis is a Worcester "Egg Cup Floral Sprays" pattern egg cup. The hemispherical bowl is painted with sprays and sprigs of oriental flowers beneath a cell diaper border around the rim and is supported on a slightly flaring cylindrical stem and circular foot encircled by a further flowering branch.
ProvenanceHenry Clay Hofheimer, II