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This new technique revolutionised ceramic production in Britain. It allowed factories to reproduce high-quality decoration at very little cost once the copper transfer-printing plates had been engraved. The transfer-prints here show an elegant couple taking hot drinks from tea wares of the type made at Worcester. The factory's porcelain recipe included soaprock, which made its porcelain resistant to the shock of boiling water and therefore suitable for tea and coffee wares. People generally drank from handle-less tea bowls like this one during the early 1700s, but British factories were making teacups with handles by the 1740s.","physicalDescription":"Handless cup in a deep saucer. Both cup and saucer are decorated with versions of the subject known as 'The Tea Party' from a plate by Robert Hancock; the saucer being signed with the monogram 'R.H' and the word 'Worcester' under an anchor; it shows a man and a lady sitting on a bench in a garden taking tea, with a spaniel at their foot. The cup is decorated on one side with the subject known as 'Maid and Page', also form a plate by Hancock, an don the bottom, inside, with a swan.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Hancock, Robert","id":"A8473"},"association":{"text":"engraver","id":"AAT25165"},"note":"decoration"}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"Worcester porcelain factory","id":"A9260"},"association":{"text":"manufacturer","id":"AAT25230"},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"soft paste porcelain","id":"AAT10665"},{"text":"enamel","id":"AAT14910"}],"techniques":[{"text":"thrown","id":"AAT53908"},{"text":"turned","id":"AAT53158"},{"text":"transfer-printed","id":"AAT53922"},{"text":"glazed","id":"AAT53914"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Steatitic soft-paste porcelain, thrown and turned, and transfer-printed in black enamel","categories":[{"text":"Black History","id":"THES48989"},{"text":"Ceramics","id":"THES48982"},{"text":"Porcelain","id":"THES48907"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"CER","id":"THES48594"},"images":["2006AM6545","2006AM6548","2006BF0731","2006AM6547","2006AM6546"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"139","id":"THES49874"},"free":"","case":"5","shelf":"3","box":""},{"current":{"text":"139","id":"THES49874"},"free":"","case":"5","shelf":"3","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"cups","id":"AAT43202"}],[{"text":"Saucer","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Worcester","id":"x33938"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1765","earliest":"1760-01-01","latest":"1769-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Given by the Hon Mrs. Ionides","dimensions":[],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"cf. 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