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A fine early Lowestoft sauceboat and a corresponding waster, circa 1759-61 image 1
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Lot 334

A fine early Lowestoft sauceboat and a corresponding waster, circa 1759-61

17 May 2017, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A fine early Lowestoft sauceboat and a corresponding waster, circa 1759-61

Of elegant silver shape with a gadrooned foot and a band of flutes around the lower section, the pronounced spout moulded with an acanthus leaf on the underside, the sides with scrolled panels painted in blue with Chinoiserie scenes flanked by flowering plants and insects, more boldly painted flowers within the interior, 20.3cm long, painter's numeral 3 inside footrim (fine cracks) (2)

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Provenance:
Geoffrey Godden Collection

Illustrated by Nicholas Panes, British Porcelain Sauceboats of the 18th Century (2009), p.177, fig.290, Geoffrey Godden, Lowestoft Porcelains (1985), pl 58, p 66, Bernard Watney, English Blue and White Porcelain of the 18th Century (1963), pl 74C and Christopher Spencer, Early Lowestoft, fig 135, p 108. The waster appears to be of a slightly earlier date

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