teabowl
Summary
Public: Teabowl, hard paste porcelain, transfer-printed overglaze in black with garden and tea drinking scenes. Private: Teabowl, wide footring, everted rim, fine body. Transfer-printed overglaze, black. Tea Party No.2 depicts man and woman seated on elegant bench, she passes teabowl and saucer to him, sword at his right. Front left laden pedestal table, distant left tree, garden landscape. Urn and Balustrade shows formal garden, ornate urn surmounting pedestal at end of balustrade. Foreground centre, inscription, R.Hancock. fecit, flanked left by tree, right, mass of foliage. Distant right fountain, row of trees amongst wooded landscape, birds in sky. Swimming swan vignette inside well. Enamelled overglaze black band inner rim.
Object Name
teabowl
Creators Name
Date Created
c 1760=1770
accession number
1948.148
Collection Group
Place of creation
Worcester
Medium
Credit
Gift of Mrs R E M Dykes
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