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Sauce Boat

ca. 1760-ca. 1780 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Sauce boat of soft-paste porcelain, with wavy outline and scroll handle. Moulded in relief with a scale pattern and fluting, and with scrolls forming reserved compartments in which are transfer-printed, on the sides are flowering plants, trees and palisades, and under the lip is a flowering spray; within the lip and at the bottom are flowering sprays.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, moulded in relief and transfer-printed in underglaze blue
Brief description
Sauce boat, soft-paste porcelain, moulded in relief and transfer-printed in underglaze blue, England (Liverpool), ca. 1760-1780
Physical description
Sauce boat of soft-paste porcelain, with wavy outline and scroll handle. Moulded in relief with a scale pattern and fluting, and with scrolls forming reserved compartments in which are transfer-printed, on the sides are flowering plants, trees and palisades, and under the lip is a flowering spray; within the lip and at the bottom are flowering sprays.
Dimensions
  • Length: 15.9cm
  • Width: 8.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
Transliteration
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Credit line
Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.569-1924

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Record createdMay 11, 2009
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