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Lot 42*

A staffordshire solid agate sauceboat, circa 1760

11 July 2018, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £2,125 inc. premium

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A staffordshire solid agate sauceboat, circa 1760

Supported by three paw feet with lion mask terminals, the handles formed from a fox with its head resting on the shaped rim, the fine lead glazed agate body marbled in tones of cream, blue and brown, 16cm long

Footnotes

A similar sauceboat from the Sharp Collection is illustrated by Rosalie Wise Sharp, China to Light Up a House (2016), p.25, E49. Another was in the Harriet Carlton Goldweitz Collection, Sotheby's 20 January 2006, lot 81. Another of a different form but with the same handle from the Henry H Weldon Collection is illustrated by Leslie B Grigsby, English Pottery (1990), p.268

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