18th Century Worcester Porcelain Red Transfer Printed Teabowl.

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Description

18th Century Worcester Porcelain Red Transfer Printed Teabowl. Transfer-printed in brick red with Robert Hancock's "La Cascade," pattern, illustrating a fashionable couple walking beside a mandolin player and a pair of amorous lovers, the obverse with a sculptural fountain, the interior with a slender band border.
Not marked.
Circa 1757.
Approximately 2 1/2" H. 
Chip to footrim.
The print "La Cascade" derives from an engraving by G. Scotin after a painting by Watteau in the Wallace Collection.
Parallels: Cyril Cook, The Life and Work of Robert Hancock, 1955, no. 19.
Provenance:
Gus Brain (Cumberland), June 11, 1994
Robin Henry Ceramic Collection, New York
Collection #28.