New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.

Teabowl

Manufacturer Worcester Porcelain Company (British)

CultureEnglish

Dateca. 1762-65

MediumPorcelain

Dimensions1 3/4 × 2 7/8 × 2 7/8 in. (4.4 × 7.3 × 7.3 cm)

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

Object numberL2005.10.104A

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 112, Case 2

DescriptionThis is a 'The Watermill' Pattern Teabowl (A) and Saucer (B). Each piece printed in purple with Italianate landscapes, the front of the teabowl with a man fishing before a water mill, the reverse with buildings in a hilly setting, and the interior with a tree and distant buildings, the saucer with a tree between classical ruins and distant buildings, and each piece with a purple enamel line around the interior rim.
ProvenanceHenry Clay Hofheimer, II