Sauce Boat
ca. 1760-65 (made)
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Jug of soft-paste porcelain, enamelled. In the form of over lapping leaves with edges shaded in green springing from a stalk tinted in pink which is coiled up to form a loop handle. The outside is painted with bouquets and scattered sprays of flowers in colours.
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Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain, enamelled |
Brief description | Sauce boat, enamelled soft-paste porcelain, William Duesbury & Co., Derby, ca. 1760-65 |
Physical description | Jug of soft-paste porcelain, enamelled. In the form of over lapping leaves with edges shaded in green springing from a stalk tinted in pink which is coiled up to form a loop handle. The outside is painted with bouquets and scattered sprays of flowers in colours. |
Credit line | Bequeathed by Captain H. B. Murray |
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Bibliographic reference | For this sauceboat shape, see Nicholas Panes, British Porcelain Sauceboats of the 18th Century (2009), no.151, where dated ca. 1760-65 |
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Accession number | C.2587-1910 |
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Record created | August 14, 2008 |
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