Sauceboat
Manufacturer
Worcester Porcelain Company
(British)
CultureEnglish
Dateca. 1753-55
MediumPorcelain
Dimensions6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm)
Credit LineOn loan from the City of Norfolk, gift of Elise and Henry Clay Hofheimer II
Object numberL2005.10.123
Not on view
DescriptionThis is an early Worcester 'Pedestal' Sauceboat. The oval body press-molded on either side with a bird above a rococo cartouche issuing floral and foliate sprays and painted in a famille-verte palette on one side with a Chinese boy holding a pennant in a river landscape, on the reverse with a crane in a fenced garden, and beneath the shell-molded spout with a small panel containing a floral sprig repeated within a molded lozenge on either side of the oval foot, the interior painted with a floral spray beneath a green trellis diaper and floral panel border around the rim, and the C-scroll handle with a scroll thumbpiece.ProvenanceHenry Clay Hofheimer, II
