Elongated oval form with scalloped edge; molded ribbed body terminating in flaring spouted mouth; flat bottom; molded C-scroll handle with underglaze blue decoratiaon; diapered exterior border; interior rim decorated with cross-hatched band; blue line border at foot; Willow pattern; underglaze blue decorated interior with oval landscape scene.
sauceboats
porcelain
underglazing
Canton (Chinese painting style)
willow (wood)
Porcelain
Underglazed
Canton
Willow
SAUCEBOAT
Willow
Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),
Unknown
2.5 x 3.875 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.822
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