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Sauce Boat

ca. 1753-550 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Sauce boat of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and moulded. Wavy edge and scroll handle. Moulded in relief with scrollwork and foliage forming panels in which are painted, in Chinese style, a landscape with a man crossing a bridge in one panel, and a figure and palisade in the other. Inside at the edge and at the bottom are flowers and Chinese emblems.

Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and moulded
Brief description
Sauce boat of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and moulded, Worcester porcelain factory, ca. 1753-55
Physical description
Sauce boat of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and moulded. Wavy edge and scroll handle. Moulded in relief with scrollwork and foliage forming panels in which are painted, in Chinese style, a landscape with a man crossing a bridge in one panel, and a figure and palisade in the other. Inside at the edge and at the bottom are flowers and Chinese emblems.
Dimensions
  • Without handle length: 16.5cm
  • Width: 10.2cm
Credit line
Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.838-1925

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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