Object Number 1958.0704

Object Name

Mug (Tankard)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Worcester Porcelain Factory (Maker)
1751-1852

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

Place of Origin

Worcester, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1760-1765

Materials

Porcelain (soft-paste); Lead glaze

Techniques

Molded, Printed, Thrown

Dimensions (inches)

4.7 (H) , 4.9 (L) , 3.7 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

12 (H) , 12.5 (L) , 9.4 (Diam)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Article] Grigsby, Leslie B. 2005 British Earthenware and Porcelain in Eighteenth Century America, in Gray, Jonathan. 2005. Welsh Ceramics in Context. 2. 71-91.
• Published: p. 87, pl. 4.22
[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.
• Discussion of prints: 48, 62, and 75
[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.