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A Worcester two-handled sauceboat, circa 1755 image 1
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Lot 296

A Worcester two-handled sauceboat, circa 1755

17 May 2017, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £1,250 inc. premium

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A Worcester two-handled sauceboat, circa 1755

Of large size, the scroll handles with distinctive animal-head thumbrests, the sides embossed with garlands of oak leaves forming panels painted in blue with Chinese scenes, the interior with a riverscape including a fisherman in a sampan, the shell-moulded lips painted with fancy trellis and floral scroll ornament, 21.5cm wide, workman's mark of three lines

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Provenance:
Alan Taylor, 1971
H. Trevor Lloyd Collection

A similar example of the rare large size from the Godden Collection is illustrated by Geoffrey Godden, English Blue and White Porcelain (2004), colour pl. 35 and pls. 150-151 and was sold by Bonhams 30 June 2010, lot 57. The price list of Worcester's London warehouse records that 'Two-handle boats' were made in three sizes, the largest selling wholesale or four shillings each.

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