New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.

Saucer

Manufacturer Worcester Porcelain Company (British)

CultureEnglish

Date1768-70

MediumPorcelain

Dimensions2 3/8 x 2 9/16 in. (6 x 6.5 cm)
4 in. (10.2 cm)

Credit LineOn loan from the City of Norfolk, gift of Elise and Henry Clay Hofheimer II

Object numberL2005.10.1B

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Warehouse (BSW), Bay01, Rge02 Unit09-Sh02

DescriptionThis is an 'Arcade' Pattern Small Teabowl (A), Saucer (B) and Coffee Cup (C). Painted on the cups with three panels and on the saucer with four panels of a "Long Eliza" figure standing before a fence and alternating with panels of a floral sprig within a herringbone border, the exterior of the saucer with four Chinese symbols, each with a Kangxi-style 'jade' mark within a double circle in underglaze-blue.
ProvenanceHenry Clay Hofheimer, II Published ReferencesLawrence Branyan, Neal French and John Sandon, _Worcester Blue and White Porcelain 1751-1790_ (London: Barrie & Jenkins, Ltd., 1989), 50, pattern I.A.7.