Sauce Boat

ca. 1765-1778 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Sauce boat of soft-paste porcelain, wavy outline moulded in relief with a reeded pattern and rococo scrolls forming panels in which are painted with Chinoiserie figures in red, green, blue and yellow; within the lip and at the bottom inside, flowers in red, yellow and green; loop handle.

Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, moulded in relief and painted in overglaze enamels
Brief description
Sauce boat, soft-paste porcelain, moulded in relief and painted in overglaze enamels, England (Liverpool), ca. 1766-78
Physical description
Sauce boat of soft-paste porcelain, wavy outline moulded in relief with a reeded pattern and rococo scrolls forming panels in which are painted with Chinoiserie figures in red, green, blue and yellow; within the lip and at the bottom inside, flowers in red, yellow and green; loop handle.
Dimensions
  • Length: 10.2cm
  • Width: 6.4cm
Style
Credit line
Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.437-1924

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Record createdMay 1, 2009
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