Lot 80 , An early Worcester high-footed sauceboat, circa 1752-3, 22.3cm long

An early Worcester high-footed sauceboat, circa 1752-3, of oval shape, the body embossed with cornucopias of flowers and fruit variously suspended from large purple ribbon bows, a smaller green ribbon, a spray of leaves and a curious fish, the moulding picked out in enamel colours, further drapery festoons embossed and painted around the pedestal foot, the interior border and the centre painted with flowering plants in a mixture of famille verte and famille rose, the rim edged in brown, 22.3cm long
Estimate £2,000-3,000

Provenance: R. David Butti Collection, Bonhams, 10th May 2006, lot 1,
the A. T. Morley Hewitt collection, no. C201, sold at Sotheby's 10 February 1959, lot 103. It had been shown by Morley Hewitt at the English Ceramics Circle in 1950. It was exhibited in 1976 by Albert Amor Ltd., Dr John Wall 1708-1776, catalogue no. 7. Subsequently this sauceboat was sold by Amors in the Sidders collection of Dr Wall Worcester Porcelain, October 1985, catalogue no. 6. When Dr Pococke visited Lund's Bristol factory he described 'beautiful white sauceboats adorned with reliefs of festoons' selling for 16 shilling a pair. These were probably of related form but with a far more elaborate handle. Some of these with enamel colouring are believed to have been decorated a year or two later at Worcester.

Small patches of black speckling to the glaze around the rim, other minor glaze imperfections.


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Sold for £4,200