English and European Ceramics and Glass - 23rd May 2017

Lot 670

A Worcester blue and white low-footed sauceboat c.1756-58

Estimate £100 - £200 | Hammer £160

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Description

A Worcester blue and white low-footed sauceboat c.1756-58, painted with an apparent variation of the Sinking Boat Fisherman pattern, each side with a figure crossing a bridge between islands within moulded panels, the interior with an unusual floral design, workman's mark, and a Chinese porcelain copy of a Worcester sauceboat, painted with a figure in a boat, presumably copying the Boatman pattern, pseudo workman's mark, the former with a 4.5cm rim crack, 18.3cm max. (2)

Provenance: the John Pinnick Collection.