Chinese Export-Style Coffee Cup
Manufacturer
Worcester Porcelain Company
(British)
CultureEnglish
Dateca. 1770-75
MediumPorcelain
Dimensions2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm)
Credit LineOn loan from the City of Norfolk, gift of Elise and Henry Clay Hofheimer II
Object numberL2005.10.383
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a Worcester Chinese Export-Style Coffee Cup. It is decorated after a Chinese Export porcelain original made for the Continental market, the front with two elaborate gilt ciphers within a cartouche formed by the pseudo crest of a pair of iron-red flaming hearts within a foliate wreath surmounted by a gilt ducal coronet at the top, a pair of angels holding green fronds at the sides and standing on the tips of bow knotted foliate garlands forming the bottom of the cartouche, the reverse with a grooved loop handle between a gilt floral sprig on either side, and the rim with a gilt spearhead border. It has chip on the rim.ProvenanceHenry Clay Hofheimer, II
Worcester Porcelain Company
ca. 1770
Worcester Porcelain Company
ca. 1770
