New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.

Saucer

Manufacturer Worcester Porcelain Company (British)

CultureEnglish

Dateca. 1760

MediumPorcelain

Dimensions7/8 × 4 5/8 × 4 5/8 in. (2.2 × 11.7 × 11.7 cm)

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

Object numberL2005.10.93B

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 112, Case 1

DescriptionThis is a Worcester Armorial Teabowl (A) and Saucer (B). Printed in black on the front or in the center with the arms of Wilson impaling Langton, the arms and crest heightened in brown, iron-red puce and black enamel, the whole within elaborate rocaillerie, the teabowl printed on the reverse with 'The Tea Party' by Robert Hancock and in the center with a swimming swan, and each with a black enamel line around the interior rim.
ProvenanceHenry Clay Hofheimer, II