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Saucer
Maker:  Worcester Porcelain Manufactory
Porcelain (soft-paste), enamel, gilt
1760-177 ...
Saucer
Saucer
Maker:  Worcester Porcelain Manufactory
Porcelain (soft-paste), enamel, gilt
1760-177 ...
Saucer Maker: Worcester Porcelain Manufactory Porcelain (soft-paste), enamel, gilt 1760-1770
Status
Not on view
Date1760-1770
Geography Made - England
DimensionsOverall (H x W x D): 1 1/8 in. x 5 7/16 in. x 5 3/8 in. (2.86 cm x 13.81 cm x 13.65 cm)
Credit LineGift of Lucy A. Morse, 1950
Object numberW-1639/B
DescriptionCircular saucer with a plain rim, rounded sides, and a ribbed or reeded well on a shallow foot ring. The saucer is decorated in overglaze polychrome enamels and gilt. The center of the well features an orange parrot framed by leafy boughs with pink and dark red flowers and gilt berries. Along the rim interior is a thin red line with pendant half-flowerheads and a variety of polychrome flowers. The rim is gilded.

Pattern Names: Old Worcester Parrot, Pecking Parrot

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