Worcester 'Quail' Pattern Octagonal Plate
Manufacturer
Worcester Porcelain Company
(British)
CultureEnglish
Dateca. 1770-75
MediumPorcelain
Dimensions8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm)
Credit LineOn loan from the City of Norfolk, gift of Elise and Henry Clay Hofheimer II
Object numberL2005.10.158
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a Worcester "Quail" pattern octagonal plate painted in a Kakiemon palette heightened in gilding with a brace of quail walking between a flowering plant and a gnarled prunus tree. The rim is painted with four floral sprigs and two clusters of blossoms and leaves within an iron-red foliate-scroll border at the edge and interrupted at the corners with gilt blossoms. These is some scratching in the center.ProvenanceHenry Clay Hofheimer, II
Worcester Porcelain Company
ca. 1775-80
Worcester Porcelain Company
ca. 1775-80
