A fine Bow sauceboat

Provenance:
Nicholas Panes Collection

American Private Collection 

Literature:
Illustrated; Nicholas Panes, British Porcelain Sauceboats of the 18th Century, page 61, figure 85, where the author notes that the gilding probably indicates this sauceboat was intended for display and not for use

A rare Bow sauceboat, with high leaf scroll moulded loop handle, crisply moulded in relief with garlands of flowers and leaves, beneath a scroll moulded rim, and finely picked out in gilt with flowers and leaves, the interior with a gilt flower spray, within a pendant leaf and loop band, on flower moulded oval foot, 5 1/4" high, circa 1750-52, no mark 

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