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A fine Worcester sauceboat, circa 1753-54 image 1
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Lot 311

A fine Worcester sauceboat, circa 1753-54

17 May 2017, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

£3,000 - £5,000

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A fine Worcester sauceboat, circa 1753-54

Of oval fluted form, the scroll handle with upturned thumbrest, painted with a colourful phoenix in flight, the reverse with oriental flowers and grasses, a smaller sprig below the lip, the interior with a flowering branch, below a scrolling rim, 17.2cm long, incised line on base below handle (restored chips)

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Illustrated by Nicholas Panes, British Porcelain Sauceboats (2009), p.128, fig.201. A similar sauceboat was in the Zorensky Collection, sold by Bonhams 16 March 2004, lot 13. Sauceboats of this form are found in at least two sizes when painted in underglaze blue. Polychrome examples are invariably of the same size

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