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Maker/s

Worcester Porcelain Factory (factory)

Müller, Johann Sebastian taken from (engraver) [ULAN info: British artist, circa 1715-1794]

Pannini, Giovanni Paolo after [ULAN info: Italian artist, 1691/2-1765]

Category

soft-paste porcelain

Name

tea bowl

Description

Soft-paste porcelain tea bowl, transfer-printed onglaze in purple, painted in polychrome enamels with two scenes of ruins, and gilt.

Soft-paste porcelain tea bowl, transfer-printed onglaze in purple, painted in blue, green, yellow, red and brown enamel colours and gilt. Circular with curved sides, standing on a footring. Two scenes of ruins. A gilt band encircles the rim.

Production Notes

The scene on one side is taken from the left side of an engraving by Johann Sebastian Müller after Giovanni Paolo Pannini, dated 1753, of which there is one in the British Museum. See documentation.

Production Place

Worcester (factory) (place)

Worcestershire (factory) (county)

England (factory) (country)

English (factory) (nationality)

Technique Description

soft-paste porcelain, transfer-printed onglaze in purple, painted in blue, green, yellow, red and brown enamel colours and gilt

Dimensions

height: (whole): 4.0 cm
diameter: (whole): 7.6 cm

Period

18th century
George III

Date

circa 1765 to 1770

Provenance

bequeathed: Hadley, W.S. 1927 (Filtered for: Applied Arts collection)

Bequeathed by W.S. Hadley

Documentation

1. Handley, Joseph M. Robert Hancock and G.P. Pannini, [page: pp. 99-101]
   Source title: English Ceramic Circle Transactions (1982)
   [comments: Ref. The scene on one side is taken from the left side of an engraving by Johann Sebastian Müller after Giovanni Paolo Pannini, dated 1753, of which there is one in the British Museum. See Joseph M. Handley, 'Robert Hancock and G.P. Pannini', English Ceramic Circle Transactions, 11, part 2 (1982), pp. 99-101, pl. 36 and pl. 38 a, and a cup with the same design as one side of this pl. 38 b.]

Other Notes

Accession Number

C.41-1927 (Applied Arts)
(Reference Number: 33070; Input Date: 2001-08-29 / Last Edit: 2010-01-19)