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Sauce Boat

ca. 1755-58 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Sauce boat of soft-paste porcelain, wavy outline, the sides moulded to form three panels, two of which are moulded in relief with a basket-work pattern, the other painted with a landscape; similar landscapes painted under the lip (where a shell is moulded in relief), and within it; and at he handle-end; scroll handle and gadrooned foot.

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, made by Longton Hall porcelain factory, England (Staffordshire), ca. 1755-58
Physical description
Sauce boat of soft-paste porcelain, wavy outline, the sides moulded to form three panels, two of which are moulded in relief with a basket-work pattern, the other painted with a landscape; similar landscapes painted under the lip (where a shell is moulded in relief), and within it; and at he handle-end; scroll handle and gadrooned foot.
Dimensions
  • Length: 19.1cm
  • Width: 8.9cm
Credit line
Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
For this shape, see Nicholas Panes, British Porcelain Sauceboats of the 18th Century (2009), cat. 254, where dated ca. 1755-58
Collection
Accession number
C.460-1924

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Record createdMay 5, 2009
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