18th Century Worcester Porcelain Globular Teapot with Black Transfer Prints.

18th Century Worcester Porcelain Globular Teapot with Black Transfer Prints, the body and cover transfer-printed in black with Robert Hancock's The Minuet and L'Amour (signed) and covered with a flower finial between prints of a windmill and ruins.  Signed RH Worcester and anchor rebus for Richard Holdship in prints.  Circa 1760. 4 3/4" High. Minute crack to flower finial. Parallels: Bernard Rackham, Catalogue of the Schreiber Collection of English Porcelain, Earthenware, Enamels, etc. vol I, 1915, no. 650 (Illustrated as no. 651). Parallels: Robin Emmerson, British Teapot & Tea Drinking, p. 134.  Provenance: The Dean and Mary Rockwell Collection, no. 975 (paper label) The Stockwell Collection Robyn Robb Antiques, June 14, 2002 Robin Henry Ceramic Collection, New York. Collection #77.