Sauce Boat
ca. 1765-1770 (made)
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Sauce boat of soft-paste porcelain. Wavy outline and edge, moulded in relief with a fine basket-work pattern, and rococo scrolls, formal panels on the sides and under the lip and handle, in which are painted flowering sprays; at the base, acanthus leaves in relief; scroll handle, the upper surface moulded with a leaf pattern. Painted inside at the bottom and within the lip with flowering sprays, and at the sides a diaper border.
Object details
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| 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 (Liverpool), ca. 1760-1780 |
| Physical description | Sauce boat of soft-paste porcelain. Wavy outline and edge, moulded in relief with a fine basket-work pattern, and rococo scrolls, formal panels on the sides and under the lip and handle, in which are painted flowering sprays; at the base, acanthus leaves in relief; scroll handle, the upper surface moulded with a leaf pattern. Painted inside at the bottom and within the lip with flowering sprays, and at the sides a diaper border. |
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| Credit line | Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq. |
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| Bibliographic reference | For this sauceboat shape, see Nicholas Panes, British Porcelain Sauceboats of the 18th Century (2009), no. 333, where dated ca. 1765-68 |
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| Accession number | C.782-1924 |
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| Record created | May 21, 2009 |
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