Blue and White Worcester Porcelain Sauce Boat c1758

Description

Heading : Blue and White Worcester porcelain sauce boat
Date : 1755-1760
Period : George II – George III
Marks : workers mark – painted cross inside circle
Origin : Worcester; England
Colour : white body
Pattern : underglaze blue; the pattern being named after the type of vessels on which it is exclusively used

Features: press-moulded with shell-like fluting to each spout and moulded cartouches
Condition : Excellent; no chips. cracks or flakes; a little wear to the glaze internally with some minor scratches; a few tiny under-glaze inclusions; a small burst glaze bubble to one handle which has stained; the foot-rim has deformed during manufacture. and the boat does not sit square on a flat surface as a result
Restoration : none
Dimensions : 18.5 cm long – 17.6 cm wide and 8.7 cm high
Weight : 346 grams

References: Worcester Blue & White Porcelain 1751-1790 (Branyan. French & Sandon – 1989) page 130