A Vincennes sauceboat circa 1750-52

the handle moulded with bulrushes, painted with mixed flower sprays, an insect below the lip, rim chip

There is a chip to the turned over moulded rim in the centre of one side approximately 2cm wide and a further small chip to the footrim directly under the lip. There is a firing crack across the base of the handle.
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For another example of this sauceboat in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, and a discussion of its name, probably saussière à forme de lampe, see Svend Eriksen and Geoffrey de Bellaigue, 1987, Sèvres Porcelain, p. 237, no. 57