A Worcester cabbage leaf jug c.1765-70

A Worcester cabbage leaf jug c.1765-70, printed in black by Robert Hancock with the May Day print beneath the spout, the sides with a milking scene and Rural Lovers, the neck with floral garlands, 21cm.

Provenance: the Joseph M. Handley Collection. Purchased from the collection of Fred Tongue, Santa Monica, California in 1970.

Illustrated: Simon Spero, 18th Century English Transfer-Printed Porcelain and Enamel, The Joseph M. Handley Collection, no.2.24.

The May Day print derives from a Charles Grignon engraving after a painting by Francis Hayman.