Object Number 1958.0702.002

Object Name

Flower container or spill vase (Vase or spill vase)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Worcester Porcelain Factory (Possible maker)
1751-1852

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

Place of Origin

Worcester, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1753-1760

Materials

Porcelain (soft-paste); Lead glaze

Techniques

Thrown, Printed

Dimensions (inches)

4.3 (H) , 2.8 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

11 (H) , 7.2 (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. 50
[Book] Cook, Cyril. 1953 The Life and Work of Robert Hancock.
• Information on and illustration of print: Item 80
[Book] Handley, Joseph M. & Spero, Simon. 1991 18th Century English Transfer-Printed Porcelain and Enamels.
• Similar Worcester vase: p. 113, no. 3.4, c. 1755
[Book] Handley, Joseph M. & Spero, Simon. 1991 18th Century English Transfer-Printed Porcelain and Enamels.
• Birmingham printed enamel snuff box with print after same source: p. 272, no. 13.6, with this and other Hancock prints, one dated 1754.
[Book] Garrett, Elisabeth Donaghy. 1990 At Home: The American Family 1750-1870.
• Waisted vase with spills in painting: p. 51, shown on chimney mantle. Oil by John Carlin, 1869.
[Book] Garrett, Elisabeth Donaghy. 1990 At Home: The American Family 1750-1870.
• Waisted vase with flowers in painting: p. 74, pair shown on chimney mantle. Oil by unknown artist, MA, c. 1800.
[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] Godden, Geoffrey A. 2004 Godden's Guide to English Blue and White Porcelain.
• Pull from Caughley copper plate and underglaze blue Caughley jug in same pattern (reversed): p. 441, pls. 548-49, c. 1780-85