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Rare Dr Wall / First Period Worcester Porcelain Polychrome Enamel Butter Boat C.1755
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Rare Dr Wall / First Period Worcester Porcelain Polychrome Enamel Butter Boat C.1755

18th century
For Sale by The Fancy Fox
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A very rare Worcester porcelain butter boat painted in polychrome enamels with flowers in yellow, green and light blue with red edging. Geranium moulded leaves for the outside with a shaped rim and short stalk forming the top of the handle. Unmarked, c.1755-1756.

Butter boats and pickle dishes are very rarely decorated in enamels because the acids in the food that would be placed inside would react with the enamel colours. They are usually decorated in underglaze blue. All enamelled examples are very rare and all those we have seen are decorated in a bolder red, puce, green and yellow palette. We haven't come across any other examples in this combination of colours but one does appear to be illustrated in Coloured Worcester Porcelain Of The First Period, by Marshall, Plate 50, item 1033 which describes the enamel colours as red, green, blue and yellow (the red is minimal but present).

It measures 8.1cm (3 3/16") long, 6cm (2 5/16") wide and 3.5cm (1 3/8") high.

In excellent condition. One small smoothed chip to the rim edge and a couple of tiny nicks to the edge of the stalk, all of which are minimally noticeable except on close inspection. No other damage, repair or restoration. Minimal handling wear and the enamels are lovely and bright.

Declaration

The Fancy Fox has dated this Worcester Porcelain Butter Boat to the 18th Century.

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A very rare Worcester porcelain butter boat painted in polychrome enamels with flowers in yellow, green and light blue with red edging.
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Geranium moulded leaves for the outside with a shaped rim and short stalk forming the top of the handle.
The Fancy Fox

Unmarked, c.1755-1756.

fig 1. An eighteenth-century Dr Wall First Period Worcester soft-paste porcelain butter boat featuring hand-painted polychrome floral enamel sprigs and a leaf-moulded rim.
fig 1. Rare Dr Wall / First Period Worcester Porcelain Polychrome Enamel Butter Boat C.1755

Butter boats and pickle dishes are very rarely decorated in enamels because the acids in the food that would be placed inside would react with the enamel colours. They are usually decorated in underglaze blue. All enamelled examples are very rare and all those we have seen are decorated in a bolder red, puce, green and yellow palette. We haven't come across any other examples in this combination of colours but one does appear to be illustrated in Coloured Worcester Porcelain Of The First Period, by Marshall, Plate 50, item 1033 which describes the enamel colours as red, green, blue and yellow (the red is minimal but present).

fig 2. An eighteenth-century Dr Wall First Period Worcester soft-paste porcelain butter boat featuring hand-painted polychrome floral enamel sprigs and a leaf-moulded rim.
fig 2. Rare Dr Wall / First Period Worcester Porcelain Polychrome Enamel Butter Boat C.1755

It measures 8.1cm (3 3/16") long, 6cm (2 5/16") wide and 3.5cm (1 3/8") high.

In excellent condition. One small smoothed chip to the rim edge and a couple of tiny nicks to the edge of the stalk, all of which are minimally noticeable except on close inspection. No other damage, repair or restoration. Minimal handling wear and the enamels are lovely and bright.

Date of Manufacture

The Fancy Fox has dated this Worcester Porcelain Butter Boat to the 18th Century.

Reference Numbers
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SA1240606
Dealers Internal Ref
RA1146
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Archive I An eighteenth-century Dr Wall First Period Worcester soft-paste porcelain butter boat featuring hand-painted polychrome floral enamel sprigs and a leaf-moulded rim.

Rare Dr Wall / First Period Worcester Porcelain Polychrome Enamel Butter Boat C.1755

Archive II An eighteenth-century Dr Wall First Period Worcester soft-paste porcelain butter boat featuring hand-painted polychrome floral enamel sprigs and a leaf-moulded rim. View II
Archive III An eighteenth-century Dr Wall First Period Worcester soft-paste porcelain butter boat featuring hand-painted polychrome floral enamel sprigs and a leaf-moulded rim. View III
Archive IV An eighteenth-century Dr Wall First Period Worcester soft-paste porcelain butter boat featuring hand-painted polychrome floral enamel sprigs and a leaf-moulded rim. View IV
Archive V An eighteenth-century Dr Wall First Period Worcester soft-paste porcelain butter boat featuring hand-painted polychrome floral enamel sprigs and a leaf-moulded rim. View V
Archive VI An eighteenth-century Dr Wall First Period Worcester soft-paste porcelain butter boat featuring hand-painted polychrome floral enamel sprigs and a leaf-moulded rim. View VI
Archive VII An eighteenth-century Dr Wall First Period Worcester soft-paste porcelain butter boat featuring hand-painted polychrome floral enamel sprigs and a leaf-moulded rim. View VII
Archive VIII An eighteenth-century Dr Wall First Period Worcester soft-paste porcelain butter boat featuring hand-painted polychrome floral enamel sprigs and a leaf-moulded rim. View VIII
Archive IX An eighteenth-century Dr Wall First Period Worcester soft-paste porcelain butter boat featuring hand-painted polychrome floral enamel sprigs and a leaf-moulded rim. View IX
Archive X An eighteenth-century Dr Wall First Period Worcester soft-paste porcelain butter boat featuring hand-painted polychrome floral enamel sprigs and a leaf-moulded rim. View X
Archive XI An eighteenth-century Dr Wall First Period Worcester soft-paste porcelain butter boat featuring hand-painted polychrome floral enamel sprigs and a leaf-moulded rim. View XI
Archive XII An eighteenth-century Dr Wall First Period Worcester soft-paste porcelain butter boat featuring hand-painted polychrome floral enamel sprigs and a leaf-moulded rim. View XII
Archive XIII An eighteenth-century Dr Wall First Period Worcester soft-paste porcelain butter boat featuring hand-painted polychrome floral enamel sprigs and a leaf-moulded rim. View XIII
Archive XIV An eighteenth-century Dr Wall First Period Worcester soft-paste porcelain butter boat featuring hand-painted polychrome floral enamel sprigs and a leaf-moulded rim. View XIV
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An eighteenth-century Dr Wall First Period Worcester soft-paste porcelain butter boat featuring hand-painted polychrome floral enamel sprigs and a leaf-moulded rim.
Rare Dr Wall / First Period Worcester Porcelain Polychrome Enamel Butter Boat c.1755
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An eighteenth-century Dr Wall First Period Worcester soft-paste porcelain butter boat featuring hand-painted polychrome floral enamel sprigs and a leaf-moulded rim.
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Cataloguer’s note

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  • ObjectTableware
  • Period18th century
  • StyleGeorgian
  • MaterialSoft-paste Porcelain, Enamel
  • ColourWhite
  • MotifsLeaf moulding, Polychrome floral sprigs, Scalloped rim, Scroll handle

This Georgian butter boat is an eighteenth-century Dr Wall First Period Worcester soft-paste porcelain piece. It has a white ground finished with a glossy glaze and features hand-painted polychrome floral enamel sprigs in yellow, green, light blue, and red edging. The vessel takes the form of geranium-moulded leaves on the exterior with a shaped, scalloped rim and a short stalk forming the top of the handle. It measures 8.1 cm long, 6 cm wide, and 3.5 cm high. This item is unmarked. It has a small smoothed chip to the rim edge and tiny nicks to the edge of the stalk, alongside minimal handling wear and bright enamels. Suitable for display on a sideboard top in a home today.

FAQs

First Period Worcester porcelain refers to wares produced by the Worcester factory between its founding in 1751 and 1783, often associated with Dr John Wall. This period is noted for the development of soaprock-fortified soft-paste porcelain, which prevented thermal shock when holding hot liquids.

Early Worcester porcelain used a soft-paste body composed of soapstone (steatite) sourced from Cornwall, combined with frit and clay. This was finished with a lead glaze and decorated using underglaze cobalt blue or overglaze polychrome enamel pigments.

Authentic pieces typically exhibit a greenish translucency when held to a strong light due to the soaprock formula. They may display characteristic hand-painted floral or Chinese-inspired patterns, fine moulding, and painters or crescent marks on the underside.

A porcelain butter boat can be displayed on a sideboard top, placed within a glazed cabinet alongside other period tableware, or incorporated into a dining table setting as a decorative accent piece.

Porcelain with overglaze enamels should be cleaned gently using warm water and a mild detergent applied with a soft cloth. Abrasive cleaners, chemical solvents, and dishwashers must be avoided to prevent rubbing or degradation of the enamel surface.
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