18th Century Worcester Porcelain Teabowl, Black Pencilled Chinoiserie.
18th Century Worcester Porcelain Teabowl, Black Pencilled Chinoiserie. Tapering bowl-form on straight-sided foot, the bowl sides slightly-waisted. Pencilled in black enamel, on one side, with a Chinese figure under a parasol; on the other side with a weeping tree. Unmarked. Circa 1755-1760. 2 3/4" H., 2 7/8" Diam. Nick to rim. Provenance: Steppes Hill Farm Antiques, 1997. Robin Henry Ceramic Collection. Collection #16. Parallels: Simon Spero and John Sandon, Worcester Porcelain 1751-1790: The Zorensky Collection (Woodbridge: Antique Collector's Club: 1996), p. 157, no. 150. Franklin Barrett, Worcester Porcelain and Lund's Bristol (London: Faber & Faber: 1953/1966), pl. 34 An example from the Tuke Collection, as illustrated in the English Pottery and Porcelain: Commemorative Catalogue of an Exhibition held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, May 5th - June 20th, 1948 (Routledge and Kegan Paul Ltd: London: 1949), figure 415