A rare pair of early Derby sauceboats

Circa 1756

Circa 1756
Painted with flowers, larger sprays in the interiors, rims and handles picked out in brown, 20.6 and 21cm long

Thinly slip cast with delicate scrollwork on the rims and around the handles and spouts, a border of stiff leaves around the feet.

Provenance:
The Watney Collection, exhibited in the ECC Exhibition 2006. Illustrated by Nick Panes, British Porcelain Sauceboats (2009), figs.144 and 145, p.93.