Sauceboat

Dateca. 1760

MediumTin-glazed earthenware (delft)

DimensionsL: 8 3/8"; (2.3 cm)

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1956-106,1

DescriptionShallow silver-form oval dish with shell-shaped pouring spout at opposite ends, short raised oval foot ring, and two loop handles in the shape of foxes braced on an inward-turned rim. Bluish tin glaze decorated in blue with delicately drawn flowering branches on the interior, and a light and dark blue pattern covering the spouts.
Label TextThis form derives from Huguenot silver made as early as 1717. It was copied in Dutch delft and Chinese export porcelain before being produced in England in soft paste porcelain and delft. A porcelain example made at the Worcester factory is also in the Colonial Williamsburg collection.
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ProvenanceD. M. & P. Manheim, New York