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New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
Worcester Fluted Creamboat
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.

Worcester Fluted Creamboat

Manufacturer Worcester Porcelain Company (British)
CultureEnglish
Dateca. 1752-54
MediumPorcelain
Dimensions2 3/8 in. (6 cm)
Credit LineOn loan from the City of Norfolk, gift of Elise and Henry Clay Hofheimer II
Object numberL2005.10.368
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DescriptionThis is a Worcester fluted creamboat. The cup-shaped body is crisply molded over the fluting on either side with bamboo and prunus picked out in famille-rose enamels. The spout is decorated with a fern and the angular handle has a geranium leaf terminal. The scroll thumbpiece is chipped away. The scalloped rim edge has discolored chips and abrasion.
ProvenanceHenry Clay Hofheimer, II