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Coffee Cup

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 numberL2005.10.1C

Not on view

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.