Sauce Boat
ca. 1765 (made)
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Sauce boat of hard-paste porcelain, moulded in relief, painted in enamel colours and decorated with gilding. Body in the form of a long shell supported on an oval foot. On either side is a handle in the form of a curved leaf springing from rococo scrolls coloured purple. The outside and the foot are painted with sprays of flowers. The edge is gilt.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain, moulded in relief, painted in enamels and gilt |
| Brief description | Sauce boat of hard-paste porcelain, moulded in relief, painted in enamels and gilt, made by Höchst porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1765 |
| Physical description | Sauce boat of hard-paste porcelain, moulded in relief, painted in enamel colours and decorated with gilding. Body in the form of a long shell supported on an oval foot. On either side is a handle in the form of a curved leaf springing from rococo scrolls coloured purple. The outside and the foot are painted with sprays of flowers. The edge is gilt. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | A wheel and 't' (?) (In purple) |
| Credit line | Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street |
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| Accession number | 4751-1901 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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