525. A Worcester saucer, c.1760, printed in black with three birds, two perched on a sparse branch, the third beneath them on a low rock, 12.2cm. £150-200
526. A Worcester saucer, c.1758-60, printed in black with a thrush and a robin perched on a rough wooden fence, two more birds in flight above, a fifth perched on the branch of a tree in the distance, 12.2cm. £150-200
527. A Worcester saucer, c.1758, printed in black with a cock and hen with three chicks, three further birds in flight above, based on a design by Francis Barlow, 12.3cm. £150-200 Paper label for the Bayley Collection.
Cf. Cyril Cook, Supplement to The Life and Work of Robert Hancock, no.170 for the print from The Ladies Amusement.
528. A Worcester coffee cup and saucer, c.1765-70, printed in puce monochrome with scenes of Classical ruins, the saucer with a prominent statue before the Temple of Peace, the cup with figures before further ruins and in a rural landscape. £150-200
529. Two Worcester fluted teabowls and saucers, c.1770, one spiral-fluted with a gilt rim, the other with a black rim, both printed in black with figures before Classical ruins, 14cm. (4) £200-300
530. A Worcester coffee cup, c.1760-65, printed in black with Les Garcons Chinois pattern of chinoiserie figures perched on rococo scrollwork, 6.5cm. £200-300
532. A Worcester leaf-shaped dish, c.1760-65, printed in black with figures in a rural landscape, crossing an arched bridge, fishing from the riverbank, and promenading before buildings, framed to one side by a tall curved tree, 26.7cm. £200-300
533. A large Worcester dessert dish, c.1770-75, printed in black with two figures and a dog beside the water’s edge, a statue of Hercules beneath a Classical ruined arch and further ruins behind, the rim with garlands of fruit and flowers, a few tiny rim chips, 27.8cm. £200-300
Provenance: paper label for the Zorka Hodgson Collection.
Cf. 18th Century English Transfer-Printed Porcelain and Enamels, The Joseph M Handley Collection, p.170, no.5.20 for the cup’s prints, p.157 for the 1753 engraving by J S Müller after Panini, showing from where the saucer’s print derives.
531. A Worcester dessert dish, c.1770-75, printed in black with an unknown scene of two figures seated beneath Classical ruins, the rim with arrangements of fruit and flowers, a little restoration to the rim, 25.8cm. £180-220 Illustrated: 18th Century English TransferPrinted Porcelain and Enamels, The Joseph M Handley Collection, p.164. Provenance: The E & J Handley Collection. Klaber & Klaber, London, June 1989.
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Paper label titled ‘Ex Mullens Collection’.
Paper label for the E & J Handley Collection.