Sauce Boat
ca. 1755 (made)
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Sauce boat of soft-paste porcelain, with slightly wavy edge, scroll handle; fluted and moulded in relief with foliage and scrollwork forming panels, in which are painted in underglaze blue with Chinoiserie landscapes. Inside, a border of flowers, and diaper pattern at the lip; at the bottom, a flowering spray.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain with decoration moulded in relief and painted in underglaze blue |
| Brief description | Sauce boat, soft-paste porcelain with decoration moulded in relief and painted in underglaze blue, England, Worcester porcelain factory, ca. 1755 |
| Physical description | Sauce boat of soft-paste porcelain, with slightly wavy edge, scroll handle; fluted and moulded in relief with foliage and scrollwork forming panels, in which are painted in underglaze blue with Chinoiserie landscapes. Inside, a border of flowers, and diaper pattern at the lip; at the bottom, a flowering spray. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | A simulated Chinese character (Under the handle) |
| Credit line | Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq. |
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| Bibliographic reference | For this pattern, see Branyan, French and Sandon, Worcester Blue and White Porcelain, revised edition 1989, cat. I.B.22A, where dated ca. 1755 |
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| Accession number | C.763-1924 |
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| Record created | May 20, 2009 |
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