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Tea cup

Tea cup

  • Place of origin:

    Worcester (made)

  • Date:

    ca. 1765 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Hancock, Robert (engraver)
    Worcester porcelain factory (manufacturer)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Porcelain transfer-printed with black enamel

  • Credit Line:

    Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber

  • Museum number:

    414:623/F-1885

  • Gallery location:

    Ceramics, Room 145, case 38, shelf 3

Physical description

Tea bowl of porcelain, transfer-printed in black enamel, and printed outside with L'Amour, representing a gallant on a garden seat beside a lady, whose hand he leans forward to kiss, and another lady stands behind, and in the foreground are a spaniel and a garden roller, and in the background is a fountain with the statue of Neptune in his chariot, and printed inside on the bottom are swans.

Place of Origin

Worcester (made)

Date

ca. 1765 (made)

Artist/maker

Hancock, Robert (engraver)
Worcester porcelain factory (manufacturer)

Materials and Techniques

Porcelain transfer-printed with black enamel

Dimensions

Height: 4.4 cm, Diameter: 7.6 cm

Object history note

Part of a portion of a service with sugar basin and cover 414:623/1, 2-1885 (Sch. I 649:1, 2), milk jug 414:623/A-1885 (Sch. I 649A), cake plate 414:623/B-1885 (Sch. I 649B), spoon tray 414:623/C-1885 (Sch. I 649C), two tea cups and saucers 414:623/D to G-1885 (Sch. I 649D to G), and two coffee cups 414:623/H and 414:623/I-1885 (Sch. I 649H and Sch. I 649I)
This service was assembled by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from pieces she purchased from the Reverend J.C. Jackson, Hackney, for £1 in April 1869, from Davis, London, for £3 15 shillings in 1870, and from Bradbeer, Lowestoft, for £1 16 shillings 6 pence in 1869

Descriptive line

Tea bowl of porcelain, transfer-printed in black enamel, and engraved by Robert Hancock, made by Worcester porcelain factory, Worcester, ca. 1765.

Materials

Porcelain

Techniques

Transfer-printed

Subjects depicted

Swan; Fountain; Spaniel (dog); Man; Women; Love

Categories

Ceramics; Porcelain

Collection

Ceramics Collection

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