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. creacks or flakes; a little roughness/glaze loss towards the front of the rim and some pigment blushing to the foot-rim and outside of the body; a tiny scorched patch of kiln spot to the internal base of the well
Restoration : none
Dimensions : 18.1 cm in length; 10.6 cm wide and 7.1 cm high at the handle
Weight : 188 grams

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