Lot Essay
The decoration is probably by the same painter of 'humorous chinoiseries' described by Dr. Bernard Watney in his article 'Samuel Gilbody, some Recent Finds at Liverpool', E.C.C. Transactions (1969) Volume 7, Part 2, p. 101, para. 4. The figures to the exterior of the sauceboat relate to the figure on the mug illustrated in plate 99(b) and the vignette to the interior relates to the decoration on the cup illustrated plate 101(c) in the Liverpool Museum. The present sauceboat would appear to be unrecorded in the literature.