Sauce Boat
1768-1770 (made)
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Sauce boat of hard-paste porcelain, with scrolled edge and foot and loop handle. Moulded in low relief and painted in enamels; on each side is a cock, the crest of William Cookworthy, proprietor of the factory. The cocks are in compartments enclosed by rococo scrolls in relief. On the front is a bouquet.
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain, moulded in low relief and painted in enamels |
| Brief description | Sauce boat of hard-paste porcelain, moulded in low relief and painted in enamels, Plymouth porcelain factory, England, 1768-1770 |
| Physical description | Sauce boat of hard-paste porcelain, with scrolled edge and foot and loop handle. Moulded in low relief and painted in enamels; on each side is a cock, the crest of William Cookworthy, proprietor of the factory. The cocks are in compartments enclosed by rococo scrolls in relief. On the front is a bouquet. |
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| Credit line | Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street |
| Object history | Given by W. Cookworthy, Esq. Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street |
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| Accession number | 3097-1901 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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