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DS1996-0547
Sauceboat
DS1996-0547

Sauceboat

Date1745-1749
Maker Limehouse Porcelain Factory (1745-1748)
MediumPorcelain, soft-paste
DimensionsH: 3 7/8"; Handle-spout: 8 3/4"; W: 4 3/4"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1964-438
DescriptionMolded, soft-paste porcelain sauceboat with lobed rim, resembling a silver-shape. The sauceboat is raised on three lion mask and paw feet. The body has molded decoration in relief on the exterior with a cartouche on either side denoted by scrolls. Surrounding the cartouches is a raised diamond-diaper. Inside the cartouches there are underglaze cobalt blue scenes of Chinamen in landscapes. At the rim there is raised scrollwork highlighted with cobalt blue that terminates under the spout in human heads. The scrollwork, shells, human heads and lion heads are highlighted with cobalt blue. Inside the sauceboat there is an additional scene of a Chinaman with a dog hunting a stag. Along the interior rim there is a painted band of flowers and shells. The handle is molded with scrolls.



InscribedNo
MarkingsNo
ProvenancePurchased from: Winifred Williams
Exhibition(s)
Jug 1954-649
ca. 1765
Record
1770-1780
Tea Chest 1974-87
1755-1770
Tray 1961-1
ca. 1730
KC63-173
ca. 1770
DS2003-0435
ca. 1765
1963-55, Sauceboat
1745-1749
DS1988-0176
1736 (dated)
Pier Table 1958-474
1745-1760