Sauce Tureen
ca. 1820 (made)
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Sauce-tureen with cover and stand, of porcelain. Oval, with wavy edges; the cover and sides of the tureen and the rim of the stand moulded in slight relief with floral ornament, forming panels in which are sprays of flowers and butterflies painted in natural colours; below or within these borders are groups of bright-coloured birds. Gilt twig handles, two on the tureen, one on the cover.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain with decoration moulded in low relief, painted in enamels and gilt |
| Brief description | Sauce-tureen with cover and stand, porcelain with decoration moulded in low relief, painted in enamels and gilt, Spode Ceramic Works, England, ca. 1820 |
| Physical description | Sauce-tureen with cover and stand, of porcelain. Oval, with wavy edges; the cover and sides of the tureen and the rim of the stand moulded in slight relief with floral ornament, forming panels in which are sprays of flowers and butterflies painted in natural colours; below or within these borders are groups of bright-coloured birds. Gilt twig handles, two on the tureen, one on the cover. |
| Marks and inscriptions | '160' written in gold |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Herbert Allen |
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| Bibliographic reference | Rackam, Bernard. Catalogue of the Herbert Allen Collection of English Porcelain. 2nd ed., London: Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Ceramics, Printed under the authority of his Majesty's Stationery Office, 1923, p. 143, Cat. no. 571 |
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| Accession number | C.734 to B-1935 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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