A good Liverpool delftware two-handled sauceboat mid 18th century

A good Liverpool delftware two-handled sauceboat mid 18th century, the interior painted in blue with birds perched on sprays of Oriental flowers, the exterior with peony sprays, the handles modelled as foxes perched on rims decorated with diaper panels, 20.4cm across.

Cf. Michael Archer, Delftware in the Fitzwilliam Museum, no. G15 for an identical example. The shape is believed to have derived from silver, and similar examples are known in St Cloud porcelain.