sauce boat
Worcester Porcelain Factory 1751
Summary
Public: Tiny leaf-shaped sauce-boat, soft paste porcelain, painted in underglaze cobalt blue with Chinoiserie landscape. Private: Deep leaf-shaped bowl with flat base and tapering sides, tip of leaf curving slightly to the left. Sides ridged slightly at top to give impression of serrated leaf edge, squared loop handle at base of leaf, with ridge at top. Base sits on three moulded trefoil leaf feet. Well of bowl painted with Chinoiserie landscape of island with narrow house and tall tree, birds in sky. Thick diamond diaper border round inside of rim, and scrolling detail on back of handle.
Object Name
sauce boat
Creators Name
Date Created
1760=1770 (circa)
accession number
1917.510
Collection Group
Place of creation
Worcester
Medium
Credit
Leicester Collier Bequest
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