A Worcester ovoid vase c.1765

A Worcester ovoid vase c.1765, printed in black to one side with May Day, two ladies dancing to the music of a peg-legged fiddler, before a man balancing a bowl of flowers and other objects on his head, the reverse with a scene of Milkmaids, 20cm.

Paper label for the E & J Handley Collection.

Illustrated: Simon Spero, 18th Century English Transfer-Printed Porcelain and Enamels, no.2.42.

The May Day print derives from a painting by Francis Hayman, which appears on p.120 of The Ladies Amusement.