A rare early Worcester sauceboat

Provenance:
Reverend Francis H D Smythe Collection

English Private Collection

Mellor Cobham Collection

Literature:
See Spero, Lund's Bristol and Early Worcester Porcelain, The A J Smith Collection, number 44, for a similar sauceboat 

A rare early Worcester sauceboat, the loop handle with leaf scroll thumbpiece, moulded in relief with cornucopia of flowers and leaves, painted in famille rose palette, and suspended from pink  ribbon bows, the interior painted in famille verte palette with a flower spray, the border with trailing flowers, brown lime rim, 8 3/4" long, circa 1752-53, no mark

This very rare form of early Worcester sauceboat as first made at Lund's Bristol factory, with a double loop handle 

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