Sauceboat
Manufacturer
Worcester Porcelain Company
(British)
CultureEnglish
Dateca. 1775-85
MediumPorcelain
Dimensions5 1/2 in. (14 cm)
Credit LineOn loan from the City of Norfolk, gift of Elise and Henry Clay Hofheimer II
Object numberL2005.10.61
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a 'Fisherman and Cormorant' Pattern Small Sauceboat. Press-molded with 'strap fluting' reserved on either side with a scroll-edged cartouche and under the spout with a quatrefoil panel, and transfer-printed on one side with a Chinese figure holding a fish and standing on a sampan near a fence, rocks and peonies, on the reverse with a fisherman and huts in a river landscape with a cormorant to the right, and around the rim with a cell diaper border edged with a cup-and-ball band, the back with an ear-shaped handle, and the whole raised on a plain domed oval foot.ProvenanceHenry Clay Hofheimer, II
