Sauceboat

Dateca. 1765

Maker Worcester Porcelain Manufactory

MediumSoft-paste porcelain

DimensionsOverall: 7 x 21.6 x 22.9cm (2 3/4 x 8 1/2 x 9in.)

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1973-57

DescriptionMolded sauceboat body with two scroll handles with thumb rests and two shell lips. Molded and painted diaper border on handle sides. The lips also have a molded thin scroll border. The sides include 4 molded wreaths containing blue and white 1) a landscape with a flower, tree, and rock 2) a Chinese house on riverside with a man walking over a bridge 3) a Ho-Ho bird with other birds flying in the sky and 4) a hut on the riverside with fisherman casting off side of the boat with birds flying in the sky. The interior has a landscape image of a house on rocks next to riverside. There are 2 fishermen in boats. One has a sail and the other fishes off the side. Birds fly in the sky.
InscribedNone
MarkingsFaux Chinese mark