A Bow sauceboat, circa 1750


Left in the white and of high-footed form, crisply moulded with swags of fruit and flowers suspended from the scrolled rim, more swags around the oval foot, the high double-scrolled handle with an acanthus thumbrest incorporating a human mask, 22.8cm long
|The human mask on the handle is a rare variation in this form of Bow sauceboat. Another white example without the mask and with a slightly different moulding on the rim is illustrated by Nicholas Panes, British Porcelain Sauceboats of the 18th Century (2009), p. 62, fig.86