Sauce tureen
Category
Ceramics
Date
1765
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Measurements
120 mm (H)160 mm (W)130 mm (D)
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Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1245578
Summary
Meissen sauce tureen and cover made of hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt surmounted by a knop in the form of a budding flower. The borders are decorated with an 'alt brandenstein' design, a woven basket pattern alternately straight and slanting. The 'birds and bugs' pattern reflects the eighteenth century's interest in the natural sciences. The tureen was produced c1765.
Provenance
The bequest of Margaret (Anderson) McEwan, The Hon. Mrs Ronald - later Dame Margaret - Henry Fulke Greville, DBE (1863-1942) from probate records linked with the donation of the property to the National Trust in 1943. This item found on the record for Polesden Lacey English and other porcelain stored in cellars, page 99.
Marks and inscriptions
crossed swords mark (on base)