Sauceboat
Manufacturer
Worcester Porcelain Company
(British)
CultureEnglish
Dateca. 1754-55
MediumPorcelain
Dimensions7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm)
Credit LineOn loan from the City of Norfolk, gift of Elise and Henry Clay Hofheimer II
Object numberL2005.10.124
Not on view
DescriptionThis is an early Worcester 'Pedestal' Sauceboat. The oval body press-molded on either side with a rococo cartouche painted in a famille-verte palette with a bird perched on a flowering peony branch and eyeing an insect, the spout molded with a smaller cartouche painted in and around the floral sprigs repeated on the interior of the spout and flaring scalloped rim, the center painted with a crane watching a large insect amidst grasses by a stream, the lozenge-shaped panel painted with an iron-red scroll device, and the C-scroll handle with a scroll terminal. Possibly slightly overfired.ProvenanceHenry Clay Hofheimer, II
