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

Sauce Boat

ca. 1775-80 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Sauce boat of porcelain, painted with enamels and moulded in relief, and of oval form with a curved projecting lip and loop handle moulded with foliage and bead ornament, and on either side is a festoon of flowers in relief, enclosing a bouquet and painted sprays, and floral sprays are also painted beneath the lip and handle.


Object details

Categories
Object type
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 of oval form with a curved projecting lip and loop handle, made by Bristol porcelain factory, Bristol, ca. 1775-80
Physical description
Sauce boat of porcelain, painted with enamels and moulded in relief, and of oval form with a curved projecting lip and loop handle moulded with foliage and bead ornament, and on either side is a festoon of flowers in relief, enclosing a bouquet and painted sprays, and floral sprays are also painted beneath the lip and handle.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.5cm
  • Length: 17.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
A cross (In overglaze blue)
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
One of a pair with 414:746/A-1885 (Sch. I 740A).
These two pieces were purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from MacCarthy, Cheltenham for £1 in January 1869
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
For this sauceboat shape, see Nicholas Panes, British Porcelain Sauceboats of the 18th Century (2009), no. 393, where dated ca. 1775-80
Other number
Sch. I 740 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:746-1885

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Record createdFebruary 10, 2009
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