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Lot 53

A Worcester rococo moulded sauceboat, circa 1753-55

30 June 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A Worcester rococo moulded sauceboat, circa 1753-55

Of large size with the most splendid rococo scrollwork cartouche moulded on both sides, embossed blossoming branches extending beneath the lip and flanking the scroll handle with a flat leaf thumbrest, the side panels painted in blue with the 'Plantation' pattern, the interior painted with flowering prunus and with ribboned Precious Objects on the lip, 23.5cm long (cracked, lower handle scroll lacking)

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Illustrated by Geoffrey Godden, English Blue and White Porcelain (2004), colour pl. 36 and pl. 152. Some early Worcester shapes seem to have been reserved for overglaze decoration only and blue and white versions are very rarely found. This shape is normally found enamelled with European figure subjects and while these are rare in themselves, blue and white examples, painted in the Chinese manner, are of the utmost rarity. One other very similar sauceboat in the Franks Collection in the British Museum is illustrated by Aileen Dawson, The Art of Worcester Porcelain (2007), p.58, fig. 16.

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