Sauce Boat
ca. 1754-55 (made)
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Sauce boat of soft-paste porcelain, transfer-printed in black enamel, and moulded in low relief, and with a wavy rim, projecting lip, and a scrolled loop handle, and on either side are rococo scrolls in relief forming panels which are printed with a squirrel and a pheasant in oval frames surrounded by scrollwork and flowers, and on the front is a rose, and inside on the bottom is a milking scene.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain, transfer-printed in black enamel |
| Brief description | Sauce boat of soft-paste porcelain, transfer-printed in black enamel and moulded in low relief, with a wavy rim, projecting lip, and a scrolled loop handle, Worcester Porcelain Factory, ca. 1754-55 |
| Physical description | Sauce boat of soft-paste porcelain, transfer-printed in black enamel, and moulded in low relief, and with a wavy rim, projecting lip, and a scrolled loop handle, and on either side are rococo scrolls in relief forming panels which are printed with a squirrel and a pheasant in oval frames surrounded by scrollwork and flowers, and on the front is a rose, and inside on the bottom is a milking scene. |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Mr Edkins, Bristol, for 10 shillings in December 1869 (NB the annotated copy of the first edition of the catalogue of the Schreiber Collection records two inventory numbers for this acquisition -- 3,249 and 3.250 -- possibly indicating that the were originally two of these sauceboats). Acquired as Bow porcelain |
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| Other number | Sch. I 463 - Schreiber number |
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| Accession number | 414:88-1885 |
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| Record created | January 15, 2009 |
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