1757, DATED AND SIGNED RH. WORCESTER AND WITH THE REBUS OF AN ANCHOR
Details
A WORCESTER TRANSFER-PRINTED 'KING OF PRUSSIA' BALUSTER MUG
1757, DATED AND SIGNED RH. WORCESTER AND WITH THE REBUS OF AN ANCHOR
Transfer printed after Robert Hancock with a half-length portrait of the King half-turned to the left, pointing to martial trophies and inscribed flags, the reverse with winged Fame blowing two trumpets
4¾ in. (12 cm.) high
1757, DATED AND SIGNED RH. WORCESTER AND WITH THE REBUS OF AN ANCHOR
Transfer printed after Robert Hancock with a half-length portrait of the King half-turned to the left, pointing to martial trophies and inscribed flags, the reverse with winged Fame blowing two trumpets
4¾ in. (12 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired from James Bisback, Ontario, Canada.
Literature
R. Sharp, Ceramics: Ethics & Scandal, New York, 2002, p. 233.
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