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Worcester 'Three Flowers' Pattern Mustard Pot and a 'Fence' Pattern Cover

Manufacturer Worcester Porcelain Company (British)

CultureEnglish

Dateca. 1775

MediumPorcelain

Dimensions3 1/2 in (8.9 cm)

Credit LineOn loan from the City of Norfolk, gift of Elise and Henry Clay Hofheimer II

Object numberL2005.10.365

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 112, Case 6

DescriptionThis is a Worcester "Three Flowers" pattern mustard pot (A) and a "Fence" pattern cover (B). The cylindrical body has a crisply molded scroll handle. It is transfer printed on one side with a cluster of a convolvulus, a rose, and other flowers. The reverse has a butterfly hovering near floral sprigs. The flat shoulder is encircled by two underglaze blue concentric lines repeated around the notched rim of the cover beneath a stylized rock and oriental plants around the floral sprig knop. There is a hatched crescent mark in underglaze blue. The "Fence" pattern cover is married and the knop has tiny chips.
ProvenanceHenry Clay Hofheimer, II