A rare Vauxhall saucer, circa 1755

Painted in underglaze blue with two figures in a Chinese garden, one carrying a tray and the other a flower, beside a pine tree with house in the background.

Diameter:  11.2cm

No mark

Condition:  some stretch marks in the paste on the reverse, and a minute footrim chip

£475

See Steven Goss, British Blue and White Porcelain Saucers 1745-1795, p.93, pl.169, for a similar saucer, also illustrated on the front cover.