Sauceboat
Manufacturer
Worcester Porcelain Manufactory
(English, founded 1751)
CultureEnglish
Dateca.1752-1753
MediumSteatitic (soapstone) soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamels
DimensionsOverall: 5.3 × 13.5 × 7.5 cm (2 1/16 × 5 5/16 × 2 15/16 in.)
MarkingsNone
DescriptionOf silver shape, fluted, press-moulded in relief with rococo scroll cartouches and foliate moulded handle, painted in colours including an opaque blue enamel with Chinese buildings, trees and rocks, interior with beribboned Chinese symbols and a shell, interior with Kakiemon flowers
Credit LineGift of William B.G. Humphries
Object numberG23.8.143
Classifications
European CeramicsSub-classification
English PorcelainStatus
On view
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
ca.1725-30
Object number: G12.17.1a-b
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
ca.1725-30
Object number: G12.17.2a-b
Artist / Maker: Worcester Porcelain Manufactory
ca.1755
Object number: G23.8.156.1-2
Artist / Maker: Worcester Porcelain Manufactory
ca.1750-1751; decorated outside the manufactory ca.1751-1753
Object number: G23.8.139
