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Sweetmeat Dish, Worcester Porcelain Company (English), 1768-76
 Porcelain, H: 6 in. Diam: 10 in.
Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA
On loan from the City of Norfolk, Gift of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Clay Hofheimer, II L80.258.38

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