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Sauce boat: C.3128-1928

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Maker(s)

Factory: Worcester Porcelain Factory (Forgery)

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Description

Hard-paste porcelain sauceboat, painted underglaze in blue with Chinese river scenes and flowers.

Hard-paste porcelain sauceboat, with moulded decoration and painted underglaze in blue. The oval sauceboat has a pinched lip spout and loop sides are painted with Chinese river scenes within moulded lobed panels edged with scrolling flowers, with shells above, the inside with painted trailing flower sprays at the rim.

Notes

History note: From the Sheldon Collection, Manchester, purchased, 1925, 5.

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 6.5 cm
Length: 18.0 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

19th Century, second half
Victoria
Circa 1860 CE - 1880 CE

Note

Forgery

Components of the work

Decoration composed of cobalt-blue

Materials used in production

Glaze
Hard-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Glazing (coating)

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.3128-1928
Primary reference Number: 33083
Old object number: 4766, vol. 31

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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