Sauce Boat

1750-1775 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Sauce boat of soft-paste porcelain, moulded in relief with a three-arched panel on each side, on a reeded ground, with formal leaves below; plain lip outlined with scrolls; the edge moulded with formal leaves and scrolls; scroll handle. Painted outside in the panels, with flowering plants and two figures in a landscape; formal flower under the lip; flowers within the edge and at the bottom.

Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, moulded in relief and with underglaze blue decoration
Brief description
Sauce boat, soft-paste porcelain, moulded in relief and with underglaze blue decoration, England (Worcestershire), 1750-1775
Physical description
Sauce boat of soft-paste porcelain, moulded in relief with a three-arched panel on each side, on a reeded ground, with formal leaves below; plain lip outlined with scrolls; the edge moulded with formal leaves and scrolls; scroll handle. Painted outside in the panels, with flowering plants and two figures in a landscape; formal flower under the lip; flowers within the edge and at the bottom.
Dimensions
  • Without handle length: 10.2cm
  • Width: 7cm
Marks and inscriptions
A crescent in underglaze blue
Credit line
Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.369-1924

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Record createdApril 28, 2009
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