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Worcester Fluted Creamboat

Manufacturer Worcester Porcelain Company (British)

CultureEnglish

Dateca. 1754-56

MediumPorcelain

Dimensions2 1/4 x 4 1/4 in. (5.7 x 10.8 cm)

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

Object numberL2005.10.369

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DescriptionThis is a Worcester fluted creamboat. The exterior is painted on either side in famille-rose enamels with an oriental floral spray. The center of the interior has a willow tree on an island beneath a trellis diaper border interrupted with panels of demiflowerheads around the scalloped rim. The angular handle has a scroll thumbpiece. The spout has a hair crack.
ProvenanceHenry Clay Hofheimer, II