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Sauce Boat

ca. 1754-56 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Sauce boat of soft-paste porcelain, in the form of overlapping leaves with serrated edges folded into boat-shape; handle in the form of a looped stem, with flower-buds in relief at the junction. Painted in underglaze blue on the outside with an indistinct design, and with shading below the edge; within a spray.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, moulded, painted in underglaze blue
Brief description
Sauce boat, soft-paste porcelain, moulded, painted in underglaze blue, made by Longton Hall porcelain factory, England (Staffordshire), ca. 1754-56
Physical description
Sauce boat of soft-paste porcelain, in the form of overlapping leaves with serrated edges folded into boat-shape; handle in the form of a looped stem, with flower-buds in relief at the junction. Painted in underglaze blue on the outside with an indistinct design, and with shading below the edge; within a spray.
Dimensions
  • Length: 16.5cm
  • Width: 7.9cm
Credit line
Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq.
Subject depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Honey, W. B., Old English Porcelain: a handbook for collectors. London: Faber & Faber, 1948. Pl. 56C, p. 136, 138
  • For this sauceboat shape, see Nicholas Panes, British Porcelain Sauceboats of the 18th Century (2009), no. 245, where dated ca. 1754-56
Collection
Accession number
C.452-1924

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Record createdMay 5, 2009
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