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

Sauce Boat

ca. 1780-85 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Sauce boat of soft-paste porcelain transfer-printed in underglaze blue and moulded in relief. The lower part has a shell moulding. On one side is a Chinese landscape, and on the other is a Chinese fishing-scene. Round the rim is cell diaper.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain transfer-printed in underglaze blue and moulded in relief
Brief description
Sauce boat of soft-paste porcelain transfer-printed in underglaze blue and moulded in relief, Caughley Porcelain Factory, Caughley, ca. 1780-85
Physical description
Sauce boat of soft-paste porcelain transfer-printed in underglaze blue and moulded in relief. The lower part has a shell moulding. On one side is a Chinese landscape, and on the other is a Chinese fishing-scene. Round the rim is cell diaper.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.5cm
  • Length: 16.2cm
Credit line
Given by Alfred Darby, Esq.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • For this pattern see The Caughley Society, Caughley Blue & White Patterns (2012), cat. B03, where dated 1779-99
  • For this sauceboat shape, see Nicholas Panes, British Porcelain Sauceboats of the 18th Century (2009), no. 405-6, where dated ca. 1780-85
Collection
Accession number
C.177-1921

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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