Lot 194 An important Worcester mug, circa 1754
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| 拍卖公司 | 邦瀚斯 |
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| 拍卖时间 | 2026年07月01日 |
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An important Worcester mug, circa 1754
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GBP 800
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Of 'Scratch Cross' type, with a gently spreading base and grooved strap handle, enamelled in fine detail with a scene of harvesters, their faces reddened by a long day of work, a gentleman with a rake over one shoulder beside a lady carrying two corn or wheat sheaves, one balanced on her head and the second tucked under her arm, flanked by farm buildings and a tall hay rick, 12cm high, two incised lines near the footrim
Footnotes
Provenance
Simon Spero exhibition, 1992, no. 20;
Zorensky Collection, sold in these Rooms, 22 February 2006, lot 24;
Ian Morphy Collection
Exhibited
Albert Amor, Dr John Wall Commemorative Loan Exhibition, 1976, no. 17
Literature
Sandon, John and Spero, Simon, Worcester Porcelain, 1996, p. 78, no. 20;
White, Mary, , Vol. 2, 2021, p. 131
European scenes are extremely rare on early Worcester and only one other example of this design is known on a mug in Brighton and Hove Museum, see Stella Beddoe, , 2015, p. 261, item 1358.
The distinctive style of painting on this mug is highly unusual but the hand responsible can be traced on a select few pieces of Worcester, all of 'Scratch Cross' class. A jug probably by the same painter is in the Victoria and Albert Museum (inv. no. ) and is illustrated by Franklin A Barrett, , 1966, fig. 26. The jug depicts a gentleman playing a flute whilst a lady reads under a tree. The manner in which the figures and the tree are painted is very close to the present lot. Greater use of the warm orange enamel is used to denote the sunned faces of the harvesters, who are not as leisurely as the couple on the jug.
An interesting comparison can also be made with two mugs likely painted by the same artist; one in the British Museum (inv. no. ), and the celebrated 'Tracy' mug, illustrated and discussed by John Sandon, , 1993, p. 344 and col. pl. 86.
The painted scene relates to 'The Haymakers', a design adapted by Hancock to be applied in over-glaze printing on Worcester porcelain, discussed by Cyril Cook, , 1948, item 51. A small teapot with an early 'Smokey Primitive' version of the print is in the Gordon & Sue Guy-Jones Collection, offered by Bonhams on 25 June 2026, lot 214.
Footnotes
Provenance
Simon Spero exhibition, 1992, no. 20;
Zorensky Collection, sold in these Rooms, 22 February 2006, lot 24;
Ian Morphy Collection
Exhibited
Albert Amor, Dr John Wall Commemorative Loan Exhibition, 1976, no. 17
Literature
Sandon, John and Spero, Simon, Worcester Porcelain, 1996, p. 78, no. 20;
White, Mary, , Vol. 2, 2021, p. 131
European scenes are extremely rare on early Worcester and only one other example of this design is known on a mug in Brighton and Hove Museum, see Stella Beddoe, , 2015, p. 261, item 1358.
The distinctive style of painting on this mug is highly unusual but the hand responsible can be traced on a select few pieces of Worcester, all of 'Scratch Cross' class. A jug probably by the same painter is in the Victoria and Albert Museum (inv. no. ) and is illustrated by Franklin A Barrett, , 1966, fig. 26. The jug depicts a gentleman playing a flute whilst a lady reads under a tree. The manner in which the figures and the tree are painted is very close to the present lot. Greater use of the warm orange enamel is used to denote the sunned faces of the harvesters, who are not as leisurely as the couple on the jug.
An interesting comparison can also be made with two mugs likely painted by the same artist; one in the British Museum (inv. no. ), and the celebrated 'Tracy' mug, illustrated and discussed by John Sandon, , 1993, p. 344 and col. pl. 86.
The painted scene relates to 'The Haymakers', a design adapted by Hancock to be applied in over-glaze printing on Worcester porcelain, discussed by Cyril Cook, , 1948, item 51. A small teapot with an early 'Smokey Primitive' version of the print is in the Gordon & Sue Guy-Jones Collection, offered by Bonhams on 25 June 2026, lot 214.
