'Shanked' Teabowl
Manufacturer
Worcester Porcelain Company
(British)
CultureEnglish
Dateca. 1790
MediumPorcelain
DimensionsOther: 3 in. (7.6 cm)
Credit LineOn loan from the City of Norfolk, gift of Elise and Henry Clay Hofheimer II
Object numberL2005.10.392
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a Worcester 'Shanked' Teabowl. It is spirally fluted and decorated within the flutes around the lower body with gilt leaves, the upper body with a further gilt border below a cobalt-blue band heightened with a gilt wavy line and dot motif around the gilt-edged rim. There is a crescent mark in underglaze-blue.ProvenanceHenry Clay Hofheimer, II
