Sauce Boat
ca. 1770 (made)
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Sauce boat of porcelain, painted with enamels and moulded in relief, and with a wavy rim, curved projecting lip, and scrolled loop handle, and moulded on either side with a group of flowers flanked by rococo scrollwork, and the flowers are painted.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted with enamels and moulded in relief |
| Brief description | Sauce boat of porcelain, painted with enamels and moulded in relief, and with a wavy rim, curved projecting lip, and scrolled loop handle, made by the Bristol porcelain factory, Bristol, ca. 1770. |
| Physical description | Sauce boat of porcelain, painted with enamels and moulded in relief, and with a wavy rim, curved projecting lip, and scrolled loop handle, and moulded on either side with a group of flowers flanked by rococo scrollwork, and the flowers are painted. |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | One of a pair with 414:744/A-1885 (Sch. I 739A). These two pieces were purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Johnson, London, for £3 in October 1874 |
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| Bibliographic reference | For this sauceboat shape and decoration, see Nicholas Panes, British Porcelain Sauceboats of the 18th Century (2009), no. 388, where dated ca. 1770 |
| Other number | Sch. I 739 - Schreiber number |
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| Accession number | 414:744-1885 |
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| Record created | February 10, 2009 |
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