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

Sauce Boat

ca. 1754-56 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Sauce boat of soft-paste porcelain painted in colours and moulded in the form of a folded leaf with a handle in the form of a twig. The edge is light green. Painted with small sprays of flowers.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted in colours and moulded
Brief description
Sauce boat of soft-paste porcelain painted in colours and moulded, Longton Hall porcelain factory, Longton, ca. 1754-56
Physical description
Sauce boat of soft-paste porcelain painted in colours and moulded in the form of a folded leaf with a handle in the form of a twig. The edge is light green. Painted with small sprays of flowers.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.5cm
  • Length: 17.8cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by Arthur Edward Seawell, Esq.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
For this sauceboat shape, see Nicholas Panes, British Porcelain Sauceboats of the 18th Century (2009), no. 245, where dated ca. 1754-56
Collection
Accession number
C.789-1917

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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