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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Sauce Boat

1764-1771 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Sauce boat of hard-paste porcelain painted in colours and moulded. At each end is a panel of scrollwork containing a bouquet of flowers. Each side has four vertical flutes with sprays of flowers between, and in the middle is a crabstock handle.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted in colours and moulded
Brief description
Sauce boat of hard-paste porcelain painted in colours and moulded, Weesp porcelain factory, Weesp, 1764-1771
Physical description
Sauce boat of hard-paste porcelain painted in colours and moulded. At each end is a panel of scrollwork containing a bouquet of flowers. Each side has four vertical flutes with sprays of flowers between, and in the middle is a crabstock handle.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.5cm
  • Length: 21.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
Crossed swords and three dots (In underglaze blue)
Credit line
Given by Mr W.S. de Winton
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.204-1916

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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