Sauceboat
Date1745-1749
Artist/Maker
Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory
(1745-1769)
OriginEngland, Chelsea
MediumSoft-paste porcelain
DimensionsL: 7 7/8"; W: 3 13/16"; H(handle): 3 3/4"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1963-55
DescriptionSauceboat shaped with projecting lip spout, shaped edge, and double C-scroll handle; molded in high relief with swags of flowers and fruit; shaped pedestal base molded with strap-work and human and goat heads; painted on exterior with scattered flying and crawling insects and a large brown and green snail; interior painted in pinks and greens with spray of chrysanthemums and a few small flower heads and insects; handle painted with line of small flowers and, like lip and edges of base, lined in brown. Incised triangle under glaze on base.Label TextThe previous training and experience as a silversmith of Chelsea manager Nicholas Sprimont can be seen in this sauceboat. Sprimont modeled it from a London silver sauceboat bearing the date letter for 1745-1746. Several other Chelsea examples appear in major collections, including a pair at the Victoria and Albert Museum bearing enamel decoration akin to that seen here.
InscribedNone
MarkingsIncised triangle under glaze on base (Golden 3864).
ProvenanceSold without information concerning owner: Christie Manson and Wood, CATALOGUE OF FINE ENGLISH AND CONTINENTAL PORCELAIN, march 4th, 1963 (London, 1963), lot 25.
1745-1749
ca. 1755
ca. 1755
ca. 1770
1765-1770
1829
ca. 1790
ca. 1750
1800
c.1775-1785
1765-1770
May, 1663