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Lot 135*

A Worcester creamboat or small sauceboat, circa 1753

23 June 2021, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A Worcester creamboat or small sauceboat, circa 1753

Of corrugated 'low footed' oval form with a broad spout and plain handle with a curled thumbrest, the exterior crisply moulded with rococo panels of simple Chinese landscapes, a smaller vignette below the spout, the interior with precious objects and a flower sprig, 14.5cm long

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Provenance
Simon Spero exhibition 1998, no.9
John Alchin Collection

This rare model was only made for a short time during the early years of production at Worcester. A creamboat or small sauceboat of the same form is illustrated by Samuel M Clarke, Worcester Porcelain in the Colonial Williamsburg Collection (1987), p.15, pl.1 and two other examples were sold by Bonhams on 12 November 2014, lot 91 and 31 March 2010, lot 29. All three are of the same pattern, which differs from the present lot.

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