Lot 90
90
A WORCESTER BLACK-PRINTED 'KING OF PRUSSIA' BELL-SHAPED MUG
This lot has no reserve. PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF VIRGINIA CARROLL CRAWFORD
A WORCESTER BLACK-PRINTED 'KING OF PRUSSIA' BELL-SHAPED MUG

CIRCA 1760, RH WORCESTER AND ANCHOR REBUS MARK FOR ROBERT HOLDSHIP

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A WORCESTER BLACK-PRINTED 'KING OF PRUSSIA' BELL-SHAPED MUG
Circa 1760, RH Worcester and anchor rebus mark for Robert Holdship
With reeded strap handle, printed in black after engravings by Robert Hancock with a portrait of the King of Prussia named and dated 1757 below, flanked by trophies and a figure emblematic of Fame
3½in. (8.9cm.) high
Special notice
This lot has no reserve.

Lot Essay

See Simon Spero and John Sandon, Worcester Porcelain 1751-1790, The Zorensky Collection, 1996, no. 508 for another example. The print is taken from Richard Houston's engraving after a painting by Antoine Pesne and is referred to in the factory records as 'King of Prussia No.2'.

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