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New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
Pair of Worcester 'Wet Blue' Ground Coffee Cup and Saucer
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.

Pair of Worcester 'Wet Blue' Ground Coffee Cup and Saucer

Manufacturer Worcester Porcelain Company (British)
CultureEnglish
Dateca. 1768-70
MediumPorcelain
Dimensions2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm)
4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm)
Credit LineOn loan from the City of Norfolk, gift of Elise and Henry Clay Hofheimer II
Object numberL2005.10.281
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a Worcester "Wet Blue"-ground coffee cup (A) and saucer (B). Each piece is reserved with three fan-shaped panels painted in shades of rose, purple, iron-red, yellow, and green with floral garlands, edged in gilding issuing gilt floral and foliate sprigs and alternating with three gilt-edged roundels painted with floral sprigs. The center of the saucer has a further gilt-edged roundel painted with a rose and green tulip. The rims are edged in gilding.
ProvenanceHenry Clay Hofheimer, II
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