Worcester 'Fruit Sprays' Pattern Vine Leaf-Shaped Pickle Dish
Manufacturer
Worcester Porcelain Company
(British)
CultureEnglish
Dateca. 1775-80
MediumPorcelain
Dimensions4 1/2 in (11.4 cm)
Credit LineOn loan from the City of Norfolk, gift of Elise and Henry Clay Hofheimer II
Object numberL2005.10.357
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a Worcester "Fruit Sprays" pattern vine leaf-shaped pickle dish press-molded on the exterior with veining issuing from the blue short stem-form handle. It is painted on the interior with a central cluster of fruit and trailing stems of flowers encircled by six alternating floral and foliate sprigs within the blue-feathered serrated rim. There is a crescent mark in underglaze blue. There are small chips and some abrasion on the rim edge.ProvenanceHenry Clay Hofheimer, II
Worcester Porcelain Company
ca. 1760
