18th Century Worcester Porcelain Fluted Coffee Cup.

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.