Worcester Doughnut Tree Pattern Sauce Boat c1777

Description

Heading : Worcester Doughnut Tree Pattern Sauce Boat
Date : 1775-1780
Period : George III
Marks : none
Origin : Worcester; England
Colour : underglaze blue
Pattern : Doughnut Tree pattern; the decoration to the exterior of the sauce boat is particularly extravagant and complex

Features: scalloped rim other than towards the spout. which has a convex profile from the side
Condition : Excellent; no chips. cracks or flakes; some very faint pigment blushing to the outside of the body; a tiny unglazed patch of kiln spot to the tip of the spout rim and a small area on the rim
Restoration : none
Dimensions : 17.9 cm in length; 10.0 cm wide and 7.0 cm high at the handle
Weight : 170 grams

References: Worcester Blue & White Porcelain 1751-1790 (Branyan. French & Sandon – 1989) page 198