Early Derby Porcelain Blue & White Sauce Boat Chinese Scenes C.1760-65

A very fine and rare early Derby porcelain sauce boat, c.1760-65, decorated in underglaze blue with Chinese scene of a fisherman standing on a shore against a landscape of willow trees and pagodas with rocks in the water. The moulded body has raised scrolls and arabesques shaping the reserves and a relief moulded pair of pears and flower below the filled blue gadrooned rim. The foot is decorated with a hexagonal cell pattern and a similar frieze runs inside the rim. The whole inside is also ornately decorated with a large chrystanthemum inside the base and floral sprays on all inner walls. A further chrysanthemum to the front and simple flowers down the handle. Patch marks to the base.

A similar sauce boat is held with the V&A, Reference C.27-1960.

It measures 20cm (8") long, 9.5cm (3 3/4") wide and 10cm (4") high.

Condition is very good; there is a very fine tight hairline running partway across the foot but this doesn't affect use, it is fully watertight. No chips, or other damage or and repair or restoration and surface wear is minimal. The painted decoration is fine and crisp all over with no blurring.

Payment is accepted by bank transfer, card payments (via an online invoice, I'm afraid we cannot take payments over the telephone), Paypal and UK personal cheque. If you prefer to pay card payments by Stripe rather than Paypal, please go to our website where we offer that option and additionally options to "Pay in 30 days" and to pay in 3 instalments, all securely supported by Klarna.

Price includes UK postage. We ship worldwide for a small cost, please ask for details. For US customers, current tariff charges of 10% must be paid in advance of posting. Please contact us to go through the details.

We wish to ensure all our customers are happy with their purchases and offer a full no quibble return policy for all items returned within 14 days. We ask that returns are notified within 7 days where possible. Return postage is the buyer's responsibility in terms of cost and safeguarding the item in transit.

In the unlikely event any damage has occurred during shipping please advise as soon as possible and within 2 days of receipt at the latest. If you cannot inspect the item within those 2 days please just let us know.

Follow us on Instagram @thefancyfox_antiques