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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Sauce Boat

ca. 1758-60 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Sauce boat of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels, moulded and gilded. Moulded in relief with flowers and a rococo reserve in turquoise.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels, moulded and gilded
Brief description
Sauce boat of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels, moulded and gilded, William Duesbury & Co., Derby, ca. 1758-60
Physical description
Sauce boat of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels, moulded and gilded. Moulded in relief with flowers and a rococo reserve in turquoise.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.1cm
  • Length: 22.5cm
Credit line
Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
For this sauceboat or pattern, see Nicholas Panes, British Porcelain Sauceboats of the 18th Century (2009), no. 152, where dated ca. 1758-60
Collection
Accession number
C.433-1924

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Record createdAugust 14, 2008
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