Object Number 1958.0700

Object Name

Jug (Pitcher or Dutch jug)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Worcester Porcelain Factory (Maker)
1751-1852

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

Place of Origin

Worcester, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1758-1760

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Label; Underside; Label with black print: "M 721 A very rare Worcester/ cauliflower pitcher with/ transfer decoration./ England Circa 1770"

Materials

Porcelain (soft-paste); Lead glaze

Techniques

Molded, Printed

Dimensions (inches)

8.3 (H) , 7.1 (L) , 5.8 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

21 (H) , 18 (L) , 14.7 (Diam)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Article] Chase, Juliet. 1998 Overglaze-Printed Worcester Porcelain at Winterthur. Ars Ceramica. 15
• Published: p. 51
[Book] Cook, Cyril. 1953 The Life and Work of Robert Hancock.
• Illustrations and information on prints: Items 69 and 97
[Book] Handley, Joseph M. & Spero, Simon. 1991 18th Century English Transfer-Printed Porcelain and Enamels.
• Similar jug with two of the same prints: pp. 70- 71; design source for milking scene: p. 73
[Book] Sandon, John. The Ewers-Tyne Collection of Worcester Porcelain at Cheekwood.
• Underglaze blue and white printed version with different handle: p. 26, no. 8, called "Dutch Jug" in 1700s. See Notes for this record.
[Book] Sandon, John. The Ewers-Tyne Collection of Worcester Porcelain at Cheekwood.
• Enamelled Dutch Jugs: pp. 58-9, no. 31, lipless jug with european scene with ruins and flowers, c. 1757; pp. 60-1, no. 32, lipped jug with yellow ground and puce chinoiserie reserves, c. 1760.
[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.
[Book] Sword, Rosalind. 2017 The Marshall Collection of Worcester Porcelain in the Ashmolean Museum. 1.
• Similar model Worcester jug woth polychrome painted enamel European scenes: p. 163-64, no. 248, with ruins c. 1758; no. 249, with birds, 1757-8