Sauce Boat
ca. 1765 (made)
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Sauce boat in soft-paste porcelain painted with underglaze blue. In the form of a nautilus shell, moulded in relief at the base with scallop shells and acanthus leaves. A scallop shell under the lip all outlined in blue. Painted with two small detached flowering sprays outside and another inside at the bottom. Border of the diaper and floral pattern inside the edge.
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Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted with underglaze blue and moulded |
Brief description | Sauce boat in soft-paste porcelain painted with underglaze blue, William Duesbury & Co., Derby, ca. 1765. |
Physical description | Sauce boat in soft-paste porcelain painted with underglaze blue. In the form of a nautilus shell, moulded in relief at the base with scallop shells and acanthus leaves. A scallop shell under the lip all outlined in blue. Painted with two small detached flowering sprays outside and another inside at the bottom. Border of the diaper and floral pattern inside the edge. |
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Credit line | Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq. |
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Accession number | C.815-1925 |
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Record created | August 14, 2008 |
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