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New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
Teabowl and Saucer, “Prunus Root” Pattern
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.

Teabowl and Saucer, “Prunus Root” Pattern

Manufacturer Worcester Porcelain Company (British)
CultureEnglish
Dateca. 1756-58
MediumPorcelain
Dimensions2 5/8 in. (6.7 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 numberL2005.10.370
On View
On view
DescriptionThis is a Worcester "Prunus Root" pattern faceted teabowl (A) and saucer (B). Each is painted in iron-red monochrome with a flowering prunus tree growing from a gnarled root amidst other shrubbery, the blossoming branches continuing over the rim and into the interior of the teabowl. There are small rim chips.
ProvenanceHenry Clay Hofheimer, II
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