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New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
Worcester 'Two Peony Rock Bird' Pattern Shell-Shaped Sweetmeat Dish
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.

Worcester 'Two Peony Rock Bird' Pattern Shell-Shaped Sweetmeat Dish

Manufacturer Worcester Porcelain Company (British)
CultureEnglish
Dateca. 1757-60
MediumPorcelain
Dimensions4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)
Credit LineOn loan from the City of Norfolk, gift of Elise and Henry Clay Hofheimer II
Object numberL2005.10.347
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a Worcester "Two Peony Rock Bird" pattern shell-shaped sweetmeat dish molded as a fluted scallop shell and painted with an insect flitting above a songbird perched on a pierced rock amidst flowering peonies and other plants. The rim has four beribboned oriental devices and two leaf sprigs. There is a workman's mark in underglaze blue.
ProvenanceHenry Clay Hofheimer, II
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