A pair of large Lowestoft blue and white sauceboats, c.1765-70, of Hughes type, moulded with floral

A pair of large Lowestoft blue and white sauceboats, c.1765-70, of Hughes type, moulded with floral panels, painted with vignettes of Chinese figures in boats and fishing off a small island, the interiors with peony sprays, and a creamboat with similar moulding and decoration, painter's numerals, a long crack to one sauceboat, 21cm max. (3)

Slightly earlier Lowestoft sauceboats of this moulding are known with the date 1761 and the initials IH worked into the moulded panels. The initials are assumed to relate to the modeller and designer, James Hughes.