This Chinese porcelain sauce boat was made for export to the American market and has a distinctive Fitzhugh pattern outer rim border, and measures 7.5 inches wide, 2.75 inches high.
It bears an armorial polychrome enamel eagle/dragon, custom ordered by a family of wealth.
The replaced gilt metal handle is beautifully woven with two different colors of rattan.
A similar sauce boat shown with original handle and hard to find matching undertray
Photo courtesy of Starr Antiques
Tags: blue & white, Chinese, Fitzhugh, metal handle, porcelain