Worcester Fluted Plate, "Fancy Birds" Pattern
Manufacturer
Worcester Porcelain Company
(British)
CultureEnglish
Dateca. 1770
MediumPorcelain
Dimensions8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm)
Credit LineOn loan from the City of Norfolk, gift of Elise and Henry Clay Hofheimer II
Object numberL2005.10.262.2
Not on view
DescriptionThis is one of a pair of Worcester fluted plates. Each plate is later decorated. The center of each is painted with colorful exotic birds perched on and walking near a small tree in a hilly landscape and surrounded by three birds and two insects in flight below the gilt rococo scroll-edged apple-green border around the gilt-edged scalloped rim.ProvenanceHenry Clay Hofheimer, II
Worcester Porcelain Company
ca. 1770-75
