18th Century Worcester Porcelain Teapot Stand, Ruins Transfer Print.

18th Century Worcester Porcelain Teapot Stand, Ruins Transfer Print.  The stand of hexagonal form, with scalloped mid-sections, and everted walls.  Transfer-printed in black enamel with Robert Hancock's Ruins print under slender black band at rim. Two figures in long robes in the lower right foreground, standing before a large urn on stepped plinth in the middle of classical columns among grasses, surrounded by towering trees, with a view.  Unmarked.  Circa 1770.  1" H. x 5 1/2" W. x 5 1/2" D.  Condition: Rim chip at 8:45 o'clock, hairline crack in the form of an L with a long leg, starting at 10 o'clock and crawling down the wall, toward the face, and to 11:30 o'clock. Wear to enamel, no doubt from teapot rubbing the surface.  Note: Possible "invisible" signature for Hancock at 4 o'clock in the print.  Provenance: Robin Henry Ceramic Collection, New York. Collection #57.  Parallels: Cook, Cyril, The Life and Work of Robert Hancock, [Supplement], (Privately Printed: 1955), no. 52, figu