Coffee cup (Chocolate cup)

  • Category:

    Ceramics

  • Creator (Role):

    Worcester Porcelain Factory (Maker)

    Robert Hancock (Engraver and printer)

  • Place of Origin:

    Worcester, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

  • Date:

    1760-1780

  • Materials:

    Porcelain (soft-paste); Lead glaze

  • Techniques:

    Molded, Printed, Thrown

  • Museum Object Number:

    1957.0515


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1957.0515

Object Name

Coffee cup (Chocolate cup)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Worcester Porcelain Factory (Maker)
1751-1852

Robert Hancock (Engraver and printer)
1726-10/14/1817

Place of Origin

Worcester, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1760-1780

Subjects

Tea Party

Materials

Porcelain (soft-paste); Lead glaze

Techniques

Molded, Printed, Thrown

Dimensions (inches)

2.5 (H) , 3.2 (L) , 2.4 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

6.4 (H) , 8.1 (L) , 6.1 (Diam)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Cook, Cyril. 1953 The Life and Work of Robert Hancock.
Information on and illustrations of "The Tea Party": Item 105
[Book] Handley, Joseph M. & Spero, Simon. 1991 18th Century English Transfer-Printed Porcelain and Enamels.
Related cup and saucer: p.98
[Book] Sandon, John. The Ewers-Tyne Collection of Worcester Porcelain at Cheekwood.
Black-printed Tea Party on teabowl and coffeecup with arms of Wilson impaling Langton: p. 79, no. 46, c. 1760. Arms painted within printed cartouche. Also saucer.
[Book] Manchip, David. An Encyclopaedia of British Ceramic Painters, Gilders and Modellers.
Brief biography of Robert Hancock (c. 1729-1816): pp. 164-5, discussing work at Battersea Enamel Factory, Worcester works, Bristol, and Caughley.