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 cracks or flakes; some very faint pigment blushing to the outside of the body and handle; glaze is worn towards the tip of the spout rim and there are some tiny scorched patches along with the tiniest of chips; three pin-prick glaze bubbles to the inside of the well. which have stained; scorching to the rim immediately above the handle join and a little kiln spit along the top edge of the rim 
Restoration : none
Dimensions : 20.5cm in length; 11.4 cm wide and 7.9 cm high at the handle
Weight : 237 grams

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