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Two-Handled Sauce Boat

Manufacturer Worcester Porcelain Company (British)

CultureEnglish

Dateca. 1755

MediumPorcelain

Dimensions3 × 7 3/8 × 7 in. (7.6 × 18.7 × 17.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of Henry Clay Hofheimer, II

Object number95.10.4

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DescriptionPress molded sauce boat with two applied ear shaped handles, decorated with both painting and printed designs. Leafy reserves two to a side with transfer prints of ships. Interior with transfer print of water birds. Prints are probably very early ones by Robert Hancock. Each lip shaded to purple and sprays of orange and blue flowers, green leaves. Outside rim the same.

Label TextWorcester Porcelain Manufactory Two handled sauce boat, (English, ca. 1755) Porcelain Gift of Henry Clay Hofheimer, II, 95.10.4 Written By: MTHExhibition History"Reopening of the Joan P. Brock Galleries," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., Opening in March of 2008. Published ReferencesJohn Sandon. THE DICTIONARY OF WORCESTER PORCELAIN. Volume I (1751-1851). Woodbridge, Suffolk: Antique Collectors Club Ltd. 1993. p. 312.