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Sauce Boat

ca. 1765-1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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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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 (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.
Dimensions
  • Length: 16.5cm
  • Width: 10.2cm
Credit line
Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
For this sauceboat shape, see Nicholas Panes, British Porcelain Sauceboats of the 18th Century (2009), no. 333, where dated ca. 1765-68
Collection
Accession number
C.782-1924

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Record createdMay 21, 2009
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