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Lot 297

A very rare and early Worcester high-footed sauceboat, circa 1752-53

17 May 2017, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A very rare and early Worcester high-footed sauceboat, circa 1752-53

Of small size derived from a silver form with an undulating rim, the handle with a pronounced scroll thumbrest, the white ground crisply moulded with floral cartouches and drapery festoons on the foot, painted in a bright tone of blue with a 'trekked' outline in darker blue or black, the side panels with flowering peonies, a close floral border around the inner rim and a daisy spray in the interior, 16.7cm long

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Provenance:
Stanley Fisher, Bewdley 1965
H. Trevor Lloyd Collection

This previously unrecorded sauceboat is the only known example of this design. With a resemblance to Lund's Bristol, it has parallels with a sauceboat in the Victoria and Albert Museum and another from the Watney and R. David Butti Collections illustrated by Nick Panes, British Porcelain Sauceboats (2009), fig.204. Both are decorated with the 'Early Bird' pattern (I.C.2) and show a similar use of a 'trekked' outline. The glaze on the present lot has a slightly-matt, almost experimental appearance indicative of an early date. Most Worcester high-footed sauceboats of this shape and date were decorated in enamels and blue and white examples are exceptional.

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