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

Sauce Boat

1745-1748 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Sauce boat of soft-paste porcelain painted with underglaze blue. Moulded on the outside with panels in rococo scrollwork borders. On one side is a view of a classical monument and on the other is a building in a landscape. Under the spout is a spray of vine. Inside is a rose with a border of scrollwork.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with underglaze blue and moulded
Brief description
Sauce boat of soft-paste porcelain painted with underglaze blue, Limehouse Porcelain Factory, Limehouse, 1745-1748.
Physical description
Sauce boat of soft-paste porcelain painted with underglaze blue. Moulded on the outside with panels in rococo scrollwork borders. On one side is a view of a classical monument and on the other is a building in a landscape. Under the spout is a spray of vine. Inside is a rose with a border of scrollwork.
Dimensions
  • Height: 7.9cm
  • Length: 15.2cm
Credit line
Given by Mr E. S. McEuen
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.703-1923

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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