Sauce Boat
ca. 1750 (made)
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Sauce-boat of soft-paste porcelain, decorated with applied sprays of prunus-blossom in low relief, in imitation of Chinese porcelain of the province of Fujian. Oval body with shaped edge and elongated lip, scrolled loop handle with mask at the upper end, three claw feet springing from lions' masks.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain with applied decoration in low relief |
| Brief description | Sauce-boat, soft-paste porcelain with applied prunus blossom decoration in low relief, made by Bow Porcelain Factory, London, ca. 1750 |
| Physical description | Sauce-boat of soft-paste porcelain, decorated with applied sprays of prunus-blossom in low relief, in imitation of Chinese porcelain of the province of Fujian. Oval body with shaped edge and elongated lip, scrolled loop handle with mask at the upper end, three claw feet springing from lions' masks. |
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| Credit line | Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street |
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| Bibliographic reference | Pietsch, Ulrich, and Theresa Witting, Fascination of Fragility: Masterpieces of European Porcelain, Leipzig: E.A. Semann, 2010. |
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| Accession number | 2894-1901 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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