The Four Seasons
Sauce Boat
ca. 1756 (made)
ca. 1756 (made)
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Sauce boat of porcelain, transfer-printed over the glaze in black, and moulded in relief at the ends with broad fluting, and on the sides, with wreaths of foliage, enclosing four panels with figures from the Four Seasons which are on the outside, and on either side between the panels is a scrolled looped handle rising above the rim, with a knob on the top of it, and with a series of prints depicting a lady and a gardener with a flower pot and watering can, a man and woman reaping corn, a man and woman drinking wine in a vineyard, and a man skating and pushing a lady in a sledge, and inside the bottom is a print of swans and other water-fowl amongst trees.
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Title | The Four Seasons (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Porcelain transfer-printed over the glaze and moulded in relief |
Brief description | Sauce boat of porcelain, transfer-printed over the glaze in black, and moulded in relief, Worcester Porcelain Factory, ca. 1756 |
Physical description | Sauce boat of porcelain, transfer-printed over the glaze in black, and moulded in relief at the ends with broad fluting, and on the sides, with wreaths of foliage, enclosing four panels with figures from the Four Seasons which are on the outside, and on either side between the panels is a scrolled looped handle rising above the rim, with a knob on the top of it, and with a series of prints depicting a lady and a gardener with a flower pot and watering can, a man and woman reaping corn, a man and woman drinking wine in a vineyard, and a man skating and pushing a lady in a sledge, and inside the bottom is a print of swans and other water-fowl amongst trees. |
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Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
Object history | One of a pair with 414:786/A-1885 (Sch. I 462/A). Acquired as Liverpool porcelain These sauceboats were purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Brookes, London, for 15 shillings in November 1868 |
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Bibliographic reference | For this pattern and simiar prints see Nicholas Panes British Porcelain Sauceboats of the 18th Century (2009), cat. 194-5, where dated ca. 1756 |
Other number | Sch. I 462 - Schreiber number |
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Accession number | 414:786-1885 |
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Record created | January 15, 2009 |
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