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Sauce boat
Bristol porcelain factory - Enlarge image
Sauce boat
- Place of origin:
Bristol (made)
- Date:
ca. 1775-80 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Bristol porcelain factory (manufacturer)
- Materials and Techniques:
Porcelain painted with enamels and moulded in relief
- Credit Line:
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
- Museum number:
414:746-1885
- Gallery location:
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery, case 12, shelf 5
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.
Place of Origin
Bristol (made)
Date
ca. 1775-80 (made)
Artist/maker
Bristol porcelain factory (manufacturer)
Materials and Techniques
Porcelain painted with enamels and moulded in relief
Marks and inscriptions
A cross
In overglaze blue
Dimensions
Height: 9.5 cm, Length: 17.5 cm
Object history note
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
Descriptive line
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
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
For this sauceboat shape, see Nicholas Panes, British Porcelain Sauceboats of the 18th Century (2009), no. 393, where dated ca. 1775-80
Materials
Porcelain
Techniques
Painted; Moulded
Subjects depicted
Flowers
Categories
Ceramics; Porcelain
Collection
Ceramics Collection
