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Factory: Lowestoft Porcelain Factory
Soft-paste porcelain sauceboat, painted underglaze in blue with Chinese landscapes and flowers.
Soft-paste porcelain sauceboat, moulded, and painted underglaze in blue. The sauceboat has rounded sides, pinched lip spout and strap handle, and stands on an oval foot. Each side is moulded with a leaf and flower-edged cartouche enclosing a Chinese river scene in underglaze blue, a similar medallion below the spout. The interior is painted with a central flower spray, another inside the spout.
History note: This and 6 other sauceboats were sold Christie's 26th May 1910, lot 41. Bought from Mr S. Fenton, 7 gns.
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 9.5 cm
Width: 19.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Mid#
George III
Circa
1761
CE
-
1762
CE
Decoration composed of cobalt-blue
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Moulding
: Soft-paste porcelain, moulded, and painted underglaze in blue
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: C.3114-1928
Primary reference Number: 38312
Old object number: 3161, vol. 10
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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