18th Century Worcester Porcelain Fluted Coffee Cup.
Description
18th Century Worcester Porcelain Fluted Coffee Cup.
Transfer-printed in black with Robert Hancock's Battledore and Shuttlecock and Blind Man's Buff. Black line to interior rim.
Unmarked.
2 1/2" H.
Shallow chip to footrim.
Both designed after Hubert Gravelot prints.
Provenance: Robyn Robb Antiques, 2005.
Robin Henry Ceramic Collection, New York.
Collection #119.
For the print source: Cyril Cook, The Life and Work of Robert Hancock," Item 9, figure 1.
Parallels: The Norman Stretton Collection, a mug with both subjects. Illustrated, Bonham's auction catalogue of the Stretton Collection, February 21, 2001, lot 24.
Harriet Carlton Goldweitz, "An American Collection of English Pottery: A Chronology 1635-1778," English Ceramic Circle Transactions, Vol. 12, part 1, 1984, for a cup in Norman Stretton's Collection, plate 30b, and sold at Bonham's February 21, 2001, lot 68.