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Factory: Lowestoft Porcelain Factory
Soft-paste porcelain sauceboat, moulded with decoration in relief, transfer-printed, and painted underglaze in blue with floral motifs.
Soft-paste porcelain sauceboat, moulded in relief and transfer-printed and painted underglaze in blue. The oval sauceboat has pinched lip spout and strap handle with scroll thumbpiece, and stands on a waisted oval foot. The sides are moulded with rococo panels edged with scrolls and flowers, containing printed sprays of flowers, a chinoiserie landscape beneath the spout. The interior is printed in the centre with a flower spray, a lambrequin border inside the spout. The side rims are painted with floral meander borders.
History note: Bought from Mr Jolley in Cambridge, on May 25th 1910, for £1.
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 11.3 cm
Length: 21.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Late
George III
Circa
1770
CE
-
1780
CE
Decoration composed of cobalt-blue
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Moulding
: Soft-paste porcelain, moulded with decoration in relief, transfer-printed, and painted underglaze in blue
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: C.3121-1928
Primary reference Number: 38333
Old object number: 3160, vol. 10
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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