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18th Century Chelsea Derby Lettuce Form Sauce Boat, Circa 1760
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18th Century Chelsea Derby Lettuce Form Sauce Boat, Circa 1760

18th century
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18th Century Chelsea Derby Lettuce Form Sauce Boat, circa 1760, leaf-shaped body with a scalloped rim, hand-painted floral design with colourful flowers and green leaves, handle is shaped like a curved stem or vine, painted with pink accents.

7" inches wide

Date of Manufacture

Treaders Collectables has dated this Chelsea Derby Sauce Boat to the 18th Century.

Independent Date Check ID 09065477
Dealer's Item Date18th Century
Sellingantiques Date18th Century
Sellingantiques agingItem 250-275 years old
Test ResultsPassed dating check
Why Sellingantiques dated this piece to THE 18TH CENTURY:
Hand-painted floral sprays: enamelling style of mid-18th-century English soft-paste porcelain.
Stalk handle with modelled rosebud: Rococo botanical modelling of the 1750s to 1770s.
Unglazed foot rim with ingrained dust: natural wear from resting on surfaces.
Small painted insects: used in 18th-century factories to disguise minor firing flaws.

This is an independent date report produced by Sellingantiques using its own proprietary system. The process uses the photographs shown on this page. The system is never told the date the dealer has declared. This report shows that the two dates corroborate.

Physical Dimensions
Height
12.5cm (4.92")
Width
17.8cm (7.01")
Depth
10cm (3.94")
Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Reference
SA1152211
Dealers Internal Reference
5123
Description
18th Century Chelsea Derby Lettuce Form Sauce Boat, circa 1760, leaf-shaped body with a scalloped rim, hand-painted floral design with colourful flowers and green leaves, handle is shaped like a curved stem or vine, painted with pink accents.

7" inches wide

Date of Manufacture

Treaders Collectables has dated this Chelsea Derby Sauce Boat to the 18th Century.

Independent Date Report ID 09065477
Dealer's Item Date18th Century
Sellingantiques dating18th Century
Sellingantiques agingItem 250-275 years old
Test ResultsPassed dating check
Why Sellingantiques dated this piece to the 18th Century:
Hand-painted floral sprays: enamelling style of mid-18th-century English soft-paste porcelain.
Stalk handle with modelled rosebud: Rococo botanical modelling of the 1750s to 1770s.
Unglazed foot rim with ingrained dust: natural wear from resting on surfaces.
Small painted insects: used in 18th-century factories to disguise minor firing flaws.

This is an independent date report produced by Sellingantiques using its own proprietary system. The process uses the photographs shown on this page. The system is never told the date the dealer has declared. This report shows that the two dates corroborate.

Height
12.5cm (4.92")
Width
17.8cm (7.01")
Depth
10cm (3.94")
Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Ref
SA1152211
Dealers Internal Ref
5123
Treaders Collectables
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An eighteenth-century soft-paste porcelain sauce boat moulded in the shape of lettuce leaves with green edges, a pink stalk handle, and painted floral motifs.
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Archive I An eighteenth-century soft-paste porcelain sauce boat moulded in the shape of lettuce leaves with green edges, a pink stalk handle, and painted floral motifs.

18th Century Chelsea Derby Lettuce Form Sauce Boat, Circa 1760

Archive II An eighteenth-century soft-paste porcelain sauce boat moulded in the shape of lettuce leaves with green edges, a pink stalk handle, and painted floral motifs. View II
Archive III An eighteenth-century soft-paste porcelain sauce boat moulded in the shape of lettuce leaves with green edges, a pink stalk handle, and painted floral motifs. View III
Archive IV Scale Reference for An eighteenth-century soft-paste porcelain sauce boat moulded in the shape of lettuce leaves with green edges, a pink stalk handle, and painted floral motifs.
Archive V An eighteenth-century soft-paste porcelain sauce boat moulded in the shape of lettuce leaves with green edges, a pink stalk handle, and painted floral motifs. View V
Archive VI An eighteenth-century soft-paste porcelain sauce boat moulded in the shape of lettuce leaves with green edges, a pink stalk handle, and painted floral motifs. View VI
Archive VII An eighteenth-century soft-paste porcelain sauce boat moulded in the shape of lettuce leaves with green edges, a pink stalk handle, and painted floral motifs. View VII
Archive VIII An eighteenth-century soft-paste porcelain sauce boat moulded in the shape of lettuce leaves with green edges, a pink stalk handle, and painted floral motifs. View VIII
Archive IX An eighteenth-century soft-paste porcelain sauce boat moulded in the shape of lettuce leaves with green edges, a pink stalk handle, and painted floral motifs. View IX
Archive X An eighteenth-century soft-paste porcelain sauce boat moulded in the shape of lettuce leaves with green edges, a pink stalk handle, and painted floral motifs. View X
Archive XI An eighteenth-century soft-paste porcelain sauce boat moulded in the shape of lettuce leaves with green edges, a pink stalk handle, and painted floral motifs. View XI
Archive XII An eighteenth-century soft-paste porcelain sauce boat moulded in the shape of lettuce leaves with green edges, a pink stalk handle, and painted floral motifs. View XII
Archive XIII An eighteenth-century soft-paste porcelain sauce boat moulded in the shape of lettuce leaves with green edges, a pink stalk handle, and painted floral motifs. View XIII
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An eighteenth-century soft-paste porcelain sauce boat moulded in the shape of lettuce leaves with green edges, a pink stalk handle, and painted floral motifs.
18th Century Chelsea Derby Lettuce Form Sauce Boat, circa 1760
Ref: SA1152211
An eighteenth-century soft-paste porcelain sauce boat moulded in the shape of lettuce leaves with green edges, a pink stalk handle, and painted floral motifs.
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Cataloguer’s note

Written by Sellingantiques from the dealer’s photographs and listing
  • ObjectSauce Boats
  • Period18th century
  • StyleGeorgian
  • MaterialSoft-paste Porcelain, Enamel
  • ColourWhite and Green
  • MotifsLettuce leaf moulding, Loop stalk handle, Serrated green rim, Hand-painted floral sprays
  • SizeH 12.5 cm (5 in) x W 17.8 cm (7 in) x D 10 cm (4 in)

This Georgian sauce boat originates from the eighteenth century and takes the form of an asymmetric leaf-shaped vessel made of white soft-paste porcelain with a glossy glaze. The piece has a scalloped, serrated green rim, a curved loop stalk handle painted with pink accents, and detailed hand-painted polychrome floral sprays including orange and purple blossoms across the exterior. The body incorporates raised lettuce leaf moulding with indented veining down the sides. Measuring 12.5 cm high, 17.8 cm wide, and 10 cm deep, the sauce boat suits placement on a dining room sideboard top or a kitchen shelf as a display item or table accent within an English Country House interior.

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During the late eighteenth century, the Chelsea and Derby porcelain factories merged under William Duesbury. This period produced soft-paste porcelain tableware featuring naturalistic shapes, such as leaf forms, influenced by continental Rococo designs and botanical motifs.

These vessels were crafted from soft-paste porcelain, moulded into decorative structural shapes, and finished with a clear lead glaze. The surface decoration was applied using hand-painted enamel colours depicting floral sprays and botanical details.

Authentic pieces typically feature soft-paste bodies that show translucent warm tones under light, characteristic translucency, stilt marks on the base, hand-painted enamel decoration, and period maker marks such as the gold or red anchor-and-D mark.

An antique porcelain sauce boat can be styled as a decorative focal point on a sideboard top, curated inside a glazed china cabinet, or placed at the centre of a dining table display alongside period ceramics.

Hand wash gently using lukewarm water and a mild detergent, avoiding immersion for extended periods. Do not use abrasive sponges or place the item in a dishwasher, and store it away from extreme temperature fluctuations.
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