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Basin
Hancock, Robert - Enlarge image
Basin
- Place of origin:
Worcester (made)
- Date:
ca. 1770 (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:
414:628-1885
- Gallery location:
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery, case 5, shelf 3
Physical description
Basin of porcelain, transfer-printed in black enamel, and the outside is printed 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 the outside is further decorated by a print of a lady and a gentleman seated on the ground in a landscape, watching the gambols of two dogs, a print of a small domed building with twisted columns, and a print of a statue on a pedestal, and inside is a print of a group of three swans.
Place of Origin
Worcester (made)
Date
ca. 1770 (made)
Artist/maker
Hancock, Robert (engraver)
Worcester porcelain factory (manufacturer)
Materials and Techniques
Porcelain transfer-printed in black enamel
Marks and inscriptions
'R H Worcester' and an anchor
On the print of L'Amour, and the anchor is the mark of Richard Holdship
Dimensions
Height: 7.3 cm, Diameter: 15.2 cm
Object history note
Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Davis, London, for £3 15 shillings in June 1870
Descriptive line
Basin of porcelain, transfer-printed in black enamel, and engraved by Robert Hancock, made by Worcester porcelain factory, Worcester, ca. 1770.
Materials
Porcelain
Techniques
Transfer-printed
Subjects depicted
Swan; Fountain; Man; Spaniel; Buildings; Love; Woman
Categories
Ceramics; Porcelain
Collection
Ceramics Collection
