Sauce Tureen
1770-1783 (made)
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Sauce tureen with cover and spoon, of soft-paste porcelain. Oval, with shell handles; lobed cover with scrolled loop handle. Gilt edges with borders of gilt semi-circular panels each containing a scrolled shield en grisaille and crossed by narrow festoons. Painted on either side an urn hung with garlands. Scattered flowers on the cover; a bouquet inside the basin and inside the bowl of the spoon, which are decorated with the same border pattern as the basin.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt |
| Brief description | Sauce tureen with cover and spoon, soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt, Derby Porcelain factory, decorated in London, 1770-1783 |
| Physical description | Sauce tureen with cover and spoon, of soft-paste porcelain. Oval, with shell handles; lobed cover with scrolled loop handle. Gilt edges with borders of gilt semi-circular panels each containing a scrolled shield en grisaille and crossed by narrow festoons. Painted on either side an urn hung with garlands. Scattered flowers on the cover; a bouquet inside the basin and inside the bowl of the spoon, which are decorated with the same border pattern as the basin. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | An anchor, in gold |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Sydney A. Erwood |
| Production | Made at Derby, decorated in London, possibly at the Chelsea Porcelain Factory, ca. 1770-1783. For this attribution see Mitchell, Stephen. The Marks on Chelsea-Derby and Early Crossed Batons Useful Wares. London: SGM Books, 2007, Pl. 20. |
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| Accession number | C.334 to B-1922 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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