Dessert plate
Manufacturer
Worcester Porcelain Company
(British)
CultureEnglish
Dateca. 1768-1776
MediumPorcelain
Dimensions1 1/4 × 8 3/4 × 8 3/4 in. (3.2 × 22.2 × 22.2 cm)
InscribedUnderglaze blue fretted square. Label-Ginsburg & Levy-New York.
Credit LineOn loan from the City of Norfolk, gift of Elise & Henry Clay Hofheimer, II
Object numberL80.258.5A
Not on view
DescriptionOne circular dessert plate painted with exotic birds, blue scale ground with white reserves. Deep blue with center floral and foliate design, surrounded by three larger medallions framed in a gold baroque scroll of exotic circles in purple and blue with green foliage and ground. Three urn shaped medallions between these larger medallions in white with floral design in the same colors.Exhibition History"Reopening of the Joan P. Brock Galleries," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., Opening in March of 2008.
Murasaki Shikibu