Sauceboat
Date1745-1749
Maker
Limehouse Porcelain Factory
(1745-1748)
OriginEngland, Limehouse
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)
ca. 1765
1747-1748
1747-1748
1770-1780
1755-1770
ca. 1730
ca. 1756
ca. 1770
ca. 1765
1745-1749
1736 (dated)
1745-1760