1755-1758

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TWO WORCESTER SAUCEBOATS
1755-1758
In the Meissen style, each as overlapping cos lettuce leaves, the central vein picked out in puce, the stem as a loop handle moulded and enriched in color at its base with leaves and fruit, painted with scattered insects and flowers, a flower and a butterfly on the interior
7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm.) long overall (2)

Lot Essay

The present model is one of the few based on a Meissen prototype rather than on a silver shape. See Simon Spero and John Sandon, Worcester Porcelain 1751-1790, The Zorensky Collection, The Antique Collector's Club, 1996, p. 120, no. 88 for another similar.

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