A WORCESTER BLACK TRANSFER-PRINTED 'KING OF PRUSSIA' MUG
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A WORCESTER BLACK TRANSFER-PRINTED 'KING OF PRUSSIA' MUG

DATED 1757, ANCHOR RHEBUS MARK FOR RICHARD HOLDSHIP, CONJOINED RH MONOGRAM AND WORCESTER MARK FOR ROBERT HANCOCK

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A WORCESTER BLACK TRANSFER-PRINTED 'KING OF PRUSSIA' MUG
Dated 1757, anchor rhebus mark for Richard Holdship, conjoined RH monogram and Worcester mark for Robert Hancock
The bell-shaped mug with reeded strap handle, printed with a three-quarter portrait of The King of Prussia, named and dated 1757 below, the reverse with a military trophy incorporating flags named with successful battles, a trumpeting angel at the left
3 5/8in. (9.2cm.) high
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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'; also The Estate of Virginia Caroll Crawford; Christie's East, 23 January 2001, lot 90.

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