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Serving dish
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Serving dish

Manufacturer Worcester Porcelain Company (British)
CultureEnglish
Dateca. 1768-1776
MediumPorcelain
DimensionsOverall: 7 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. (19.7 x 19.7 cm)
InscribedUnderglaze blue script "W".
Credit LineOn loan from the City of Norfolk, gift of Elise & Henry Clay Hofheimer, II
Object numberL80.258.5B
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DescriptionOne serving dish painted with flowers and leaves in white reserves on a blue scale ground. 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.
Worcester Porcelain Company
ca. 1768-1776
Worcester Porcelain Company
ca.1768-1776
Worcester Porcelain Company
ca.1768-1776
Worcester Porcelain Company
ca. 1768-1776
Worcester Porcelain Company
ca. 1768-1776
Worcester Porcelain Company
ca. 1768
Photographed by Scott Wolff.  Scanned from a slide. Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Unknown
ca. 1600
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
19th century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
19th century
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
Unknown
ca. 1820
Image captured from the NEH Myers Conservation Survey by Carey Howlett.
Unknown
ca. 1820
Worcester Porcelain Company
ca. 1768-1776