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Pretty Bow Porcelain Small Fluted Sauce Boat C.1765
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Pretty Bow Porcelain Small Fluted Sauce Boat C.1765

18th century
Sold 9 October 2026 · The Fancy Fox
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A lovely small Bow porcelain sauceboat, of fluted shape, beautifully hand painted with floral sprays. A feathered pink border runs inside the rim and there is a small floral sprig inside the base. Unmarked, c.1765.

Reference: Bow Porcelain, Adams & Redstone plate 84; British Porcelain Sauceboats, Panes, fig. 128.

It measures 12.8cm (5") long by 5.8cm (2 1/4") wide and 5.8cm (2 1/4") high.

In very good condition; it has a very small filled chip to the spout which is minimally noticeable. A tiny slither chip under the foot and two tiny glaze frits, one to the side of the foot and one to the rim. Two small spots of discolouration to the rim. Minimal handling wear.

Date of Manufacture

The Fancy Fox has dated this Bow Porcelain Sauce Boat to the 18th Century.

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SA1232898
Dealers Internal Reference
FA1987
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A lovely small Bow porcelain sauceboat, of fluted shape, beautifully hand painted with floral sprays. A feathered pink border runs inside the rim and there is a small floral sprig inside the base. Unmarked, c.1765.
fig 1. An eighteenth-century Bow soft-paste porcelain fluted sauce boat with hand-painted floral sprigs and a magenta feathered rim.
fig 1. Pretty Bow Porcelain Small Fluted Sauce Boat C.1765

Reference: Bow Porcelain, Adams & Redstone plate 84; British Porcelain Sauceboats, Panes, fig. 128.

It measures 12.8cm (5") long by 5.8cm (2 1/4") wide and 5.8cm (2 1/4") high.

In very good condition; it has a very small filled chip to the spout which is minimally noticeable.

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A tiny slither chip under the foot and two tiny glaze frits, one to the side of the foot and one to the rim.
The Fancy Fox

Two small spots of discolouration to the rim. Minimal handling wear.

Date of Manufacture

The Fancy Fox has dated this Bow Porcelain Sauce Boat to the 18th Century.

Reference Numbers
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SA1232898
Dealers Internal Ref
FA1987
The Fancy Fox
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Offering fine porcelain and pottery, 18th century and later, silver, glass and other small attractive pieces

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Archive I An eighteenth-century Bow soft-paste porcelain fluted sauce boat with hand-painted floral sprigs and a magenta feathered rim. SOLD9 OCT 26

Pretty Bow Porcelain Small Fluted Sauce Boat C.1765

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An eighteenth-century Bow soft-paste porcelain fluted sauce boat with hand-painted floral sprigs and a magenta feathered rim.
Pretty Bow Porcelain Small Fluted Sauce Boat c.1765
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An eighteenth-century Bow soft-paste porcelain fluted sauce boat with hand-painted floral sprigs and a magenta feathered rim.
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  • ObjectSauce Boats
  • Period18th century
  • StyleGeorgian
  • MaterialSoft-paste Porcelain, Enamel
  • ColourWhite, Pink, Multicolour
  • MotifsFluted body, floral sprigs, feathered rim, loop handle

An eighteenth-century Georgian soft-paste porcelain sauce boat from the Bow factory dates to around 1765. The white glazed body has a fluted shape, a shaped foot rim, a loop handle, and a spout, with a hand-painted magenta feathered border along the inner rim and polychrome floral sprays decorating the exterior. It measures 12.8cm long by 5.8cm wide and 5.8cm high, and shows a small filled chip to the spout, a tiny chip under the foot, two glaze frits, two small spots of discolouration to the rim, and minimal handling wear. This small antique vessel suits display on a sideboard top or within a dining room cabinet, bringing a traditional English country house aesthetic to table settings and collections of early ceramic tableware.

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The Bow porcelain factory, established in East London in the 1740s, was one of Englands earliest producers of soft-paste porcelain. During the mid-to-late 18th century, they manufactured utilitarian and decorative tableware, including fluted sauce boats designed to accommodate formal dining customs of the Georgian era.

Early English soft-paste porcelain was typically crafted using a mixture of white clay, crushed glass frit, and bone ash to mimic Chinese hard-paste porcelain. Pieces were fired at lower temperatures, glazed, and subsequently decorated with hand-painted enamel colours.

Authentic pieces generally exhibit a characteristic warm translucency, slight manufacturing irregularities such as firing specks, hand-painted details, and unglazed foot rims. Weight, bone ash composition, and period-appropriate enamel pigments also help verify authenticity.

Individual pieces of antique porcelain can be displayed on glass-fronted cabinets, dressers, or sideboards alongside minimalist glass and ceramics to create a curated contrast. Grouping small ceramic vessels on tray displays also highlights their form and hand-painted details.

Antique porcelain must be washed gently by hand in warm water using a mild detergent, avoiding harsh chemicals, abrasives, or dishwashers. Sudden temperature shifts should be avoided to prevent thermal shock and crazing of the glaze.
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