Sauce Boat
ca. 1754-55 (made)
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Sauce boat of soft-paste porcelain, transfer-printed in black enamel and over-painted with coloured enamels; moulded in low relief, and with a wavy rim, projecting lip, and a scrolled loop handle; on either side are rococo scrolls in relief picked out in crimson, forming panels which are printed with Chinese figure subjects, and on the front is printed a bird perched on a branch, and the foot and inside of the rim are painted with sprays of flowers, and inside on the bottom is printed a boy blowing bubbles among ruins.
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| Materials and techniques | Sauce boat of soft-paste porcelain, transfer-printed in black enamel and over-painted with coloured enamels |
| Brief description | Sauce boat of soft-paste porcelain, transfer-printed in black enamel and over-painted with coloured enamels; moulded in low relief, and with a wavy rim, projecting lip, and a scrolled loop handle, Worcester Porcelain Factory, ca. 1754-55 |
| Physical description | Sauce boat of soft-paste porcelain, transfer-printed in black enamel and over-painted with coloured enamels; moulded in low relief, and with a wavy rim, projecting lip, and a scrolled loop handle; on either side are rococo scrolls in relief picked out in crimson, forming panels which are printed with Chinese figure subjects, and on the front is printed a bird perched on a branch, and the foot and inside of the rim are painted with sprays of flowers, and inside on the bottom is printed a boy blowing bubbles among ruins. |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Mr Edkins, Bristol, for 7 shillings 6 pence in December 1869. Acquired as Bow porcelain. |
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| Other number | Sch. I 464 - Schreiber number |
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| Accession number | 414:89-1885 |
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| Record created | January 15, 2009 |
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