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New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
Worcester 'Prunus Root' Pattern Saucer
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.

Worcester 'Prunus Root' Pattern Saucer

Manufacturer Worcester Porcelain Company (British)
CultureEnglish
Dateca. 1760
MediumPorcelain
Dimensions4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm)
Credit LineOn loan from the City of Norfolk, gift of Elise and Henry Clay Hofheimer II
Object numberL2005.10.353
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a Worcester "Prunus Root" pattern saucer. The interior has a blossoming branch extending from the rim toward a flowering prunus tree growing from a gnarled root amidst grasses and another flowering plant. There is a crescent mark in underglaze blue. The rim has a hair crack.
ProvenanceHenry Clay Hofheimer, II
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
Worcester Porcelain Company
ca. 1754-56
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
Worcester Porcelain Company
ca. 1754-56
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
Worcester Porcelain Company
ca. 1758-60
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
Worcester Porcelain Company
ca. 1756-58
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
Worcester Porcelain Company
ca. 1755-65
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
Worcester Porcelain Company
ca. 1755-60
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
Worcester Porcelain Company
ca. 1757-60
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
Worcester Porcelain Company
ca. 1755-60
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
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ca. 1768-70