Sauce Boat

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Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Artist/Maker	James Pennington's Factory
Place of origin	Liverpool (made)

Sauce boat of soft-paste porcelain, moulded in relief with leaves and fruits; below the lip a fig leaf; at the edge and foot, a rope pattern; scroll handle, the upper portion moulded in the form of a leaf. Painted outside and inside with flowering sprays; a border of cresting within the edge.

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Categories	Ceramics Porcelain Eating Food Vessels & Tableware
Object type	Sauce boat
Materials and techniques	Soft-paste porcelain, moulded in relief and painted in underglaze blue Soft Paste Porcelain Cobalt Oxide Painted Glazed Moulded
Brief description	Sauce boat, soft-paste porcelain, moulded in relief and painted in underglaze blue, England (Liverpool), ca. 1765-70
Physical description	Sauce boat of soft-paste porcelain, moulded in relief with leaves and fruits; below the lip a fig leaf; at the edge and foot, a rope pattern; scroll handle, the upper portion moulded in the form of a leaf. Painted outside and inside with flowering sprays; a border of cresting within the edge.
Dimensions	Length: 15.9cm Width: 8.9cm
Credit line	Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq.
Subjects depicted	Foliation (Pattern) Fruit Fig Leaf Cresting Flowers Rope Design
Bibliographic references	For another Liverpool sauceboat of this shape, see Nicholas Panes, British Porcelain Sauceboats of the 18th Century (2009), no. 346, where dated ca. 1770, and where attributed to John Pennington's factory with the comment that 'a John Pennington attribution cannot be ruled out'. Hillis, Maurice. Liverpool Porcelain, 1756-1804. 2011, pl. 4.87, where dated ca. 1765-70
Collection	Ceramics Collection
Accession number	C.571-1924

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Record created	May 11, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O231178/sauce-boat-james-penningtons-factory/

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