Four Worcester Porcelain Table Articles including Smoky Primitive Printed Sauceboat. Comprising of a silver shaped sauceboat printed in Smokey primitive manner with squirrel and pheasant within cartouches, and Robert Hancock Milking Scene, no. 2; a smaller silver shaped sauceboat also pirinted in Smokey Primitive manner with Mill, tower and "La Terre," to the center, a leaf shaped dish center a trompe l'oeil scroll, transfer printed in black enamel with the "Singing Lesson," circa 1755, a two-handled sauceboat, the exterior printed in black by Robert Hancock with men of war, within four oak leaf moulded roundels, the interior printed with the River Scene, with swans and a heron.
{Approximate dimensions including handles: Beaker 5 1/16" high x 5 1/8" wide x 3 1/2" deep, primitive printed sauceboat 3 1/2" high x 7 3/4" wide x 3 13/16" deep, double-handled sauceboat 3 3/8" high x 7 7/16" wide x 6 1/2" deep, smallest sauceboat 3 1/4" high x 6 1/2" wide x 3 1/8" deep, dish 1 3/4" high x 7 7/16" wide x 6 15/16" deep.}.
Condition: Two cracks to the leaf shaped dish, professionally glued, and overpainted. A few tiny nicks, pits and frit to the others, minor surface wear and scratches. The double lipped sauceboat with prominent black pit to lip.
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The first, formerly in the collection of Maurice Hillis, the leaf shaped dish, formerly in the collection of Robin Henry, New York.
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