Sauceboat

Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory

1765-1770

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Bust in profile right in Austrain general's uniform with sash and ermine mantle.
Simple tray on four squat, block feet, the body of waisted, rectangular, bowtie shape with a molded rim, with flying scroll handle, in the center an engraved crest with the figure of a female with long, flowing hair, a small bird, and a stylized cross on her head (not identified).
Porcelain figure of a thrush with brown and gray plumage and a brown-speckled white breast perched on a low tree stump heightened in green and yellow and applied with a small branch and yellow florette with green leaves.
Small creamware dish of lobed shape with three stout conical feet on the underside, with an elaborate molded, scrolled handle highlighted in deep cobalt blue, the shell edge highlighted in same blue and gold.