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Tea bowl
Hancock, Robert - Enlarge image
Tea bowl
- Place of origin:
Worcester (made)
- Date:
ca. 1765 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Hancock, Robert (engraver)
Worcester porcelain factory (manufacturer) - Materials and Techniques:
Porcelain transfer-printed in black enamel
- Credit Line:
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
- Museum number:
414:667/B-1885
- Gallery location:
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery, case 5, shelf 3
Physical description
Tea bowl of porcelain, transfer-printed in black enamel with L'Amouron the outside, 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 is a swan.
Place of Origin
Worcester (made)
Date
ca. 1765 (made)
Artist/maker
Hancock, Robert (engraver)
Worcester porcelain factory (manufacturer)
Materials and Techniques
Porcelain transfer-printed in black enamel
Dimensions
Height: 4.1 cm, Diameter: 6.9 cm
Object history note
Part of two tea bowls and saucers 414:667/ to C-1885 (Sch. I 651 to C)
These two tea bowls and saucers were purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from the Reverend J.C. Jackson, Hackney, for £1 10 shilings in April 1869, and from Mr Bohn's sale, Christie's, for £3 in March 1875
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; Man; Spaniel; Fountains; Woman
Categories
Ceramics; Porcelain
Collection
Ceramics Collection
