Sauce Boat
1744-1776 (made)
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Sauce-boat of soft-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue. Oval with projecting lip, shaped edge and scrolled loop handle with a mask in relief at the upper end; supported on three claw feet springing from lions' masks. On either side is depicted a group of flowering plants and a fence; inside is a floral spray on the bottom and a border of flowers round the rim.
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue |
| Brief description | Sauce-boat, soft-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue, made by Bow Porcelain Factory, England (London), 1744-1776 |
| Physical description | Sauce-boat of soft-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue. Oval with projecting lip, shaped edge and scrolled loop handle with a mask in relief at the upper end; supported on three claw feet springing from lions' masks. On either side is depicted a group of flowering plants and a fence; inside is a floral spray on the bottom and a border of flowers round the rim. |
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| Credit line | Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street |
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| Accession number | 2895-1901 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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