18th Century Worcester Porcelain Teabowl Transfer-Printed in Red.
Description
18th Century Worcester Porcelain Teabowl Transfer-Printed in Red.
The tapering cylindrical bowl on foot, with lightly-everted rim. Transfer-printed in deep, brown-red with Robert Hancock's "La Cascade," and a print, of a sculptural fountain. The transfers at 180 degrees to each other, the rim painted with a slender band.
La Cascade derives from an engraving by G. Scotin after a painting by Watteau in the Wallace Collection, See, Cyril Cook, The Life and Work of Robert Hancock, 1955, no. 19.
Unmarked.
Circa 1756.
2 1/2
Condition: Chip to footrim, 1/4".
Parallels: Bernard Watney Collection, as sold at Phillips, 5/10/2000, Part II, lot 581, included a similar coffee cup. Liane Richards' Collection, sold at Bonham's, April 13, 2016, lot 135, included a teabowl and saucer.
Provenance: Albert Amor Antiques.
Robin Henry Ceramic Collection, New York.
Collection number 10.