On display
Image of Gallery in South Kensington

Sauce Boat

ca. 1754-55 (made)
Artist/Maker
Longton Hall Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
Place of origin
Staffordshire (made)

Sauce boat of soft-paste porcelain, moulded in the form of overlapping leaves with stalk handle. Outside are two sprays of plum blossom; the rim shaded blue. Base unglazed.

Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Porcelain
Object type
Sauce boat
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue
Soft Paste Porcelain
Cobalt Oxide
Glazed
Painted
Brief description
Sauce boat, soft-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue, made by Longton Hall porcelain factory, England (Staffordshire), ca. 1754-55
Physical description
Sauce boat of soft-paste porcelain, moulded in the form of overlapping leaves with stalk handle. Outside are two sprays of plum blossom; the rim shaded blue. Base unglazed.
Dimensions
  • Height: 12.4cm
  • Length: 22.2cm
Credit line
Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq.
Subjects depicted
Leaves
Prunus Blossoms
Bibliographic references
  • Watney, Bernard. English blue and white porcelain of the eighteenth century, 2nd ed., London: Faber and Faber, 1973
  • For this sauceboat shape, see Nicholas Panes, British Porcelain Sauceboats of the 18th Century (2009), cat. 249, where dated ca. 1754-55
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.769-1924

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Record createdMay 21, 2009
Record URL
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