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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Sauce Boat

ca. 1755 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Sauce boat of soft-paste porcelain, with wavy edge, scroll handle; moulded in relief with scrollwork and foliage forming panels, in which are painted in underglaze blue with birds and flowering sprays. Inside, at the bottom and the edge flowering sprays and Chinese emblems.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, moulded in relief and painted in underglaze blue
Brief description
Sauce boat, soft-paste porcelain, moulded in relief and painted in underglaze blue, England, Worcester Porcelain Factory, ca. 1755
Physical description
Sauce boat of soft-paste porcelain, with wavy edge, scroll handle; moulded in relief with scrollwork and foliage forming panels, in which are painted in underglaze blue with birds and flowering sprays. Inside, at the bottom and the edge flowering sprays and Chinese emblems.
Dimensions
  • Without handle length: 16.5cm
  • Width: 10.8cm
Style
Credit line
Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
For this sauceboat shape but with different handle see Nicholas Panes British Porcelain Sauceboats of the 18th Century (2009), cat. 207, where dated ca. 1755
Collection
Accession number
C.455-1924

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Record createdMay 5, 2009
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