HANCOCK & SONS CAKE PLATE, BLUE AND WHITE

This vintage relish dish is backstamped: S. Hancock & Sons Stoke-On-Trent-England Semi-Porcelain. It measures: 8" x 5", nice shape that is raised upward with embossed floral edges.

The bright colors and wonderful molding and painting make this a charming cottageware cheese dish. The color is great and delightful details include the bright chimney pots, blue curtained windows, thatched roof, and dark beams. The cottage is set on a green lawn bordered by a dark paddock fence. Part of the appeal is being able to see the effect of hand painting such as the brush strokes shading the thatching and picking out the lines of the brick chimney. There is even a black ring around the top of the chimney pots.

The base measures 7.5” by 6.25” and the base and cover together are 5” high. The mark on the bottom is Corona Ware

This large early piece of English lusterware is in Hancock’s “Corona Ware” line and was hand decorated and signed by Molly Hancock in the exuberant “CREMORNE” pattern. This line was developed in reaction to the increased interest at that time to lusterware. 4 1/2” high with a 9” diameter

Earthenware mug. Over glaze printed pattern of shepherdess and sheep, with rhyme- 'Little Bo-Peep Has lost her sheep and Doesn't know where to find them. Leave them alone and they'll come home Bringing their tails behind them. Molly Hancock'. Over glaze painted details. Produced under the trade name 'Corona Ware' by S. Hancock & Sons.

Mug 1930-1937
Over glaze printed & painted earthenware
H : 53 mm

Molly Hancock mug - in the collection of Stoke-on-Trent's Potteries Museum

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