First Period Worcester Cos Lettuce Sauce Boat c1756

Description

Heading : First Period Worcester Cos Lettuce Sauce Boat c 1756
Date : 1755-1757
Period : George II
Marks : none
Origin : Worcester. England
Colour : White with polychrome decoration over the standard moulded leaf surface
Pattern : unnamed – small floral sprays and insects; the decoration was intended to match Meissen originals and therefore the bowl also has the remains of a brown painted rim in common with these pieces; these boats were only produced for a limited period. but made in two sizes and in right and left-handed versions – ours is not sinister…
Condition : Very good; 12mm chip to the rim. and a discoloured. extremely fine hairline crack through the body from rim to foot only visible within the interior; loss of colour to the brown rim
Restoration : none
Dimensions : 18.5 cm long x 10.1 cm high
Weight : 324g

Reference : The Dictionary of Worcester Porcelain 1751-1851 (John Sandon – 1993) pp 219/220