Details
A Worcester two-handled sauceboat
with lobed lips and double scroll handles, printed to the centre with swans, ducks and a crane on a stream, the exterior printed with vignettes of 'The Four Ages of Man' from engraving by Louis P. Biotard, within moulded leaf medallions, painted in a bright oriental palette with flowers, the medallions enriched in green, the lips and handles in purple, circa 1754-8 (minor wear) -- 19cm. long
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with lobed lips and double scroll handles, printed to the centre with swans, ducks and a crane on a stream, the exterior printed with vignettes of 'The Four Ages of Man' from engraving by Louis P. Biotard, within moulded leaf medallions, painted in a bright oriental palette with flowers, the medallions enriched in green, the lips and handles in purple, circa 1754-8 (minor wear) -- 19cm. long
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Literature
Cyril Williams-Wood, English Transfer-Printed Pottery & Porcelain, (1981), p. 73, pl. 21 for an uncoloured example.
H. Rissik-Marshall, Coloured Worcester Porcelain of the First Period, (1954), p. 127, no. 72 and p. 284, no. 1070 for similar coloured example of this type.
H. Rissik-Marshall, Coloured Worcester Porcelain of the First Period, (1954), p. 127, no. 72 and p. 284, no. 1070 for similar coloured example of this type.