Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Sauce Boat or Butter Boat

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

Sauce or butter boat of soft-paste porcelain painted with underglaze blue. Wavy edge and scroll handle. Moulded in relief with reeding and panels in which are painted flowers and palisades.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with underglaze blue
Brief description
Sauce or butter boat of soft-paste porcelain painted with underglaze blue, Philip Christian & Co., Liverpool, ca. 1770-1775.
Physical description
Sauce or butter boat of soft-paste porcelain painted with underglaze blue. Wavy edge and scroll handle. Moulded in relief with reeding and panels in which are painted flowers and palisades.
Dimensions
  • Without handle length: 10.2cm
  • Width: 6.4cm
Credit line
Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • For this sauceboat shape, see Nicholas Panes, British Porcelain Sauceboats of the 18th Century (2009), no. 319-320, where dated ca. 1768-72 and 1770-72
  • For this pattern, see also Hillis, Maurice. Liverpool Porcelain, 1756-1804. 2011, pl. 6.104, where dated ca. 1770-75
Collection
Accession number
C.818-1925

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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