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Lot 34
A Vauxhall small sauceboat, circa 1755-60
30 June 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,020 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA Vauxhall small sauceboat, circa 1755-60
Of low footed form, the spout formed by two distinct facets, horizontal moulded flutes around the foot and the rim, the scrolled handle also finely moulded, painted in blue on both sides with a Chinese island supporting a hut, rockwork and various trees, the facets of the spout painted with a floral spray within a border of scrollwork, the interior with a sprig, husks inside the handle and below the spout, 15.5cm long (rim chips, associated crack)
Footnotes
Illustrated by Geoffrey Godden, English Blue and White Porcelain (2004), colour plate 47 and pl 227, p 185 and Massey, Marno and Spero, Ceramics of Vauxhall (2007), Appendix 1, fig 15, p 102. A sauceboat of the same shape painted with a different pattern is illustrated by Nicholas Panes, British Porcelain Sauceboats of the 18th Century (2009), fig 280, p 171. Incredibly, approximately twenty different forms of Vauxhall sauceboats are recorded, most unique to the factory
