
18th Century Worcester Porcelain Teabowl Transfer-Printed in Red.
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.