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Mug

ca. 1760 (made)
Artist/Maker
Worcester Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
Hancock, Robert (engraver)
Place of origin
Worcester (made)

Mug of soft-paste porcelain transfer-printed with black enamel. Bell-shaped with a reeded loop handle. On the front is printed, in a looped and be-ribboned frame, the subject of Aeneas and Anchises fleeing blazing Troy. Pair of printed butterflies to the right and left of the panel.

Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Porcelain
Object type
Mug
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain transfer-printed with black enamel
Soft Paste Porcelain
Transfer-Printed
Brief description
Mug of soft-paste porcelain transfer-printed with black enamel, engraved by Robert Hancock with the subject of Aeneas and Anchises fleeing blazing Troy, Worcester porcelain factory, Worcester, ca. 1760.
Physical description
Mug of soft-paste porcelain transfer-printed with black enamel. Bell-shaped with a reeded loop handle. On the front is printed, in a looped and be-ribboned frame, the subject of Aeneas and Anchises fleeing blazing Troy. Pair of printed butterflies to the right and left of the panel.
Dimensions
  • Height: 14.6cm
Credit line
Given by Mrs. Frank Tilley
Object history
The transfer-print is engraved by Robert Hancock after H. Gravelot.
Subjects depicted
Reeded
Butterflies
Boys
Aeneas
Anchises
Place depicted
Troy
Bibliographic references
  • Michael Snodin assisted by Elspeth Moncrieff (eds.) Rococo, Art and Design in Hogarth's England, Victoria & Albert Museum exhibition catalogue, 16 May-30 September, 1984. See p. 54 catalogue D8 for the possible origin of the original design by Hubert François Gravelot, a projected edition of John Theobald's translation of Virgil's Aeneid, Book II, D9 for a Bow plate of c. 1756 printed with the same design and D10 for an enamel plaque also with the same design. In the entry for D9 this mug is cited.
  • Gabszewicz, A and Freeman, G. Bow Porcelain, The Collection formed by Geoffrey Freeman, Lund Humphries, London1982. See fig. 118 for a Bow saucer dish of 1754-57 with the same print in red.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.83-1939

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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