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New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
Worcester Large Cos Lettuce Sauceboat
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.

Worcester Large Cos Lettuce Sauceboat

Manufacturer Worcester Porcelain Company (British)
CultureEnglish
Dateca. 1755-58
MediumPorcelain
Dimensions9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm)
Credit LineOn loan from the City of Norfolk, gift of Elise and Henry Clay Hofheimer II
Object numberL2005.10.204
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a Worcester large cos lettuce sauceboat press-molded as overlapping rose-veined, brown-edged leaves issuing from a looped-stem handle with a brown end. The large upper leave on each side also has a rose midrib and brown-feathered ruffled edges. The sauceboat is painted in rose, blue, yellow, green, and brown with small scattered insects and sprigs of blossoms and leaves. The interior has a single blue and green floral sprig. The footrim has restored chips.
ProvenanceHenry Clay Hofheimer, II
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
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ca. 1755-58
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
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New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
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New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
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New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
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New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
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New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
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New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
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New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
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New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
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