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Tea bowl
Hancock, Robert - Enlarge image
Tea bowl
- Place of origin:
Worcester (made)
- Date:
ca. 1760 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Hancock, Robert (decorator)
Worcester porcelain factory (manufacturer) - Materials and Techniques:
Soft-paste porcelain transfer-printed with enamels
- Credit Line:
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
- Museum number:
C.385-1935
- Gallery location:
In Storage
Physical description
Tea bowl of soft-paste porcelain transfer-printed with enamels. Decorated with a print in black after a French original known as L'Amour. The print represents a gallant on a garden seat beside a lady whose hand he is kissing, a maid standing behind, and a fountain with a statue of Neptune in his chariot in the background.
Place of Origin
Worcester (made)
Date
ca. 1760 (made)
Artist/maker
Hancock, Robert (decorator)
Worcester porcelain factory (manufacturer)
Materials and Techniques
Soft-paste porcelain transfer-printed with enamels
Marks and inscriptions
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Dimensions
Height: 4.4 cm, Diameter: 7.6 cm
Object history note
Part of a set of three tea bowls and saucers C.385 to E-1935.
Descriptive line
Tea bowl of soft-paste porcelain transfer-printed with enamels, with a print by Robert Hancock, Worcester porcelain factory, Worcester, ca. 1760.
Materials
Soft paste porcelain
Techniques
Transfer-printed
Subjects depicted
Servant; Fountain; Chariot; Man; Love; Woman
Categories
Ceramics; Porcelain
Collection
Ceramics Collection