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New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
Butterboat, “Mansfield” Pattern
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.

Butterboat, “Mansfield” Pattern

Manufacturer Worcester Porcelain Company (British)
CultureEnglish
Dateca. 1760-65
MediumPorcelain
Dimensions3 9/16 in. (9 cm)
Credit LineOn loan from the City of Norfolk, gift of Elise and Henry Clay Hofheimer II
Object numberL2005.10.26.1
On View
On view
DescriptionOne of a pair of Worcester 'Butterboat Mansfield' Pattern Butterboats. Each press-molded on the exterior with overlapping geranium leaves issuing from a stem-form handle, and painted on the interior with a central peony spray beneath two trailing flowering branches and two floral sprigs on the irregularly scalloped rim.
ProvenanceHenry Clay Hofheimer, II