A WORCESTER TRANSFER-PRINTED BALUSTER JUG AND A SAUCER-DISH

CIRCA 1757-60

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A WORCESTER TRANSFER-PRINTED BALUSTER JUG AND A SAUCER-DISH
CIRCA 1757-60
Each printed in black after Robert Hancock, the jug with a mask spout and scroll handle, printed with a half-length portrait of the King of Prussia and the date '1757', with military trophies issuing banners inscribed with battles from the Seven Years War and a figure emblematic of Fame, the petal-shaped saucer-dish with a full-length portrait of the King of Prussia standing before a scene from the Battle of Rosbach, below two putti bearing a palm frond and wreath for victory, inscribed 'RH Worcester' and the date '1757', the jug with slight chipping to spout, the saucer dish with small rim chip, slight scratching to enamel
The jug - 7 in. (17.7 cm.) high (2)

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Lot Essay

A similar saucer-dish and a mug with the same half-portrait are discussed in Cyril Cook, The Life and Work of Robert Hancock, London, 1943, item 55 and item 56. See also Aileen Dawson, The Art of Worcester Porcelain 1751-1788, Masterpieces from the British Museum collection, London, 2007, pp. 154-5, no. 60. The portrait is adapted from an engraving by Richard Houston after a painting by Antoine Pesne which commemorates the military successes of Frederick the Great, King of Prussia (1712-1786).

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