{"id":758,"date":"2010-03-20T09:25:15","date_gmt":"2010-03-20T14:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=758"},"modified":"2016-11-11T21:29:45","modified_gmt":"2016-11-12T02:29:45","slug":"chinese-armorial-sauce-boat-c-1780","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=758","title":{"rendered":"Chinese armorial sauce boat, c.1780"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3133.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4724\" title=\"IMG_3133\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3133.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3133.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3133-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It bears an armorial polychrome enamel eagle\/dragon, custom ordered by a family of wealth.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1782_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4721\" title=\"IMG_1782_2\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1782_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1782_2.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1782_2-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The replaced gilt metal handle is beautifully woven with two different colors of rattan.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_31311.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4723\" title=\"IMG_3131\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_31311.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_31311.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_31311-300x284.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A similar sauce boat shown with original handle and hard to find matching undertray<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IG64-1.jpgsally.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-762\" title=\"IG64-1.jpg:sally\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IG64-1.jpgsally-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IG64-1.jpgsally-300x170.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IG64-1.jpgsally.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.starrantiques.com\">Starr Antiques<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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