Sauce Boat

ca. 1770-1775 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Sauce boat of soft-paste porcelain. Wavy edge, folded in at the sides and painted in underglaze blue on the upper surface with a floral pattern; moulded in relief with fluting and scrolls forming reserved panels in which are painted landscapes much blurred; inside a flowering spray, and diaper pattern at the lip.

Object details

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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, Isleworth (Middlesex), ca. 1770-75.
Physical description
Sauce boat of soft-paste porcelain. Wavy edge, folded in at the sides and painted in underglaze blue on the upper surface with a floral pattern; moulded in relief with fluting and scrolls forming reserved panels in which are painted landscapes much blurred; inside a flowering spray, and diaper pattern at the lip.
Dimensions
  • Length: 16.5cm
  • Width: 8.9cm
Gallery label
Sauceboat, porcelain, painted in underglaze blue
English (Derby); about 1780
E. F. Broderip Gift
Credit line
Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq.
Production
Examined by Anton Gabszewicz ca. 1998, who considered it Isleworth.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
For this sauceboat shape, see Nicholas Panes, British Porcelain Sauceboats of the 18th Century (2009), no. 353, where dated ca. 1770
Collection
Accession number
C.773-1924

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Record createdMay 21, 2009
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