Lot 59 A good Bow white sauceboat, circa 1750
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| 拍卖时间 | 2026年07月01日 |
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A good Bow white sauceboat, circa 1750
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GBP 2,000
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Of oval silver shape with a pronounced pouring lip, the handle finely modelled in the form of an upright dragon, the ferocious beast with a curved scaly body, small wings and a long tail, the sides moulded with generous swags of flowers suspended from the shaped rim, a band of further flowers around the foot, 17cm high
Footnotes
Provenance
With Simon Spero, 2015
Literature
White, Mary, Eating at the Whites' House, Vol.3, 2022, p.415
Brimming with rococo exuberance, the inspiration for this spectacular design can be found in silver forms of the 1740s. An unmarked silver dragon-handled sauceboat with floral swags in the Ashmolean Museum is illustrated by Arthur Grimwade, Rococo Silver, 1974, pl.35A, the dragon's snarling snout remarkably similar to the Bow example. Another pair of related silver sauceboats, probably by Frederick Kändler, with London hallmarks for 1743/44 is illustrated by Nicholas Panes, British Porcelain Sauceboats of the Eighteenth Century, 2009, p.61, fig.84, alongside the Bow version left in the white sold by Bonhams on 10 September 2008, lot 299, illustrated on p.60, fig.83 and dustjacket. Panes notes that a foot of similar design, bearing the initials 'CT' perhaps for the modeller Charles Toullous, was excavated on the factory site. Another Bow white dragon sauceboat is illustrated by Anton Gabszewicz and Geoffrey Freeman, , 1982, p.41, no.36. A gilt example from the Raymond Yarbrough and Anton Gabszewicz Collections was sold by Bonhams on 19 November 2025, lot 140.
Footnotes
Provenance
With Simon Spero, 2015
Literature
White, Mary, Eating at the Whites' House, Vol.3, 2022, p.415
Brimming with rococo exuberance, the inspiration for this spectacular design can be found in silver forms of the 1740s. An unmarked silver dragon-handled sauceboat with floral swags in the Ashmolean Museum is illustrated by Arthur Grimwade, Rococo Silver, 1974, pl.35A, the dragon's snarling snout remarkably similar to the Bow example. Another pair of related silver sauceboats, probably by Frederick Kändler, with London hallmarks for 1743/44 is illustrated by Nicholas Panes, British Porcelain Sauceboats of the Eighteenth Century, 2009, p.61, fig.84, alongside the Bow version left in the white sold by Bonhams on 10 September 2008, lot 299, illustrated on p.60, fig.83 and dustjacket. Panes notes that a foot of similar design, bearing the initials 'CT' perhaps for the modeller Charles Toullous, was excavated on the factory site. Another Bow white dragon sauceboat is illustrated by Anton Gabszewicz and Geoffrey Freeman, , 1982, p.41, no.36. A gilt example from the Raymond Yarbrough and Anton Gabszewicz Collections was sold by Bonhams on 19 November 2025, lot 140.
