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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

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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