Hexagonal Creamboat
Manufacturer
Worcester Porcelain Company
(British)
CultureEnglish
Dateca. 1754-56
MediumPorcelain
DimensionsLength: 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm)
Credit LineOn loan from the City of Norfolk, gift of Elise and Henry Clay Hofheimer II
Object numberL2005.10.371
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a Worcester Hexagonal Creamboat. The exterior crisply molded on either side with a rococo cartouche edged with twigs and bamboo shoots and painted in famille-rose enamels on one side with a pagoda amidst pine trees on an island in a Chinese river landscape, and on the reverse with a floral spray, the lobed rim painted on the interior with four beribboned oriental devices, and the angular handle with a scroll thumbpiece and geranium leaf terminal. The creamboat has some rim chips.ProvenanceHenry Clay Hofheimer, II
Worcester Porcelain Company
ca. 1770-75
Worcester Porcelain Company
ca. 1770
Worcester Porcelain Company
ca. 1757-60