Sauce boat
Bow Porcelain Factory (fl.c. 1748-1774)
Category
Ceramics
Date
1760 - 1765
Materials
soft paste porcelain with underglaze blue
Measurements
85 mm (H)160 mm (D)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Nuffield Place, Oxfordshire
NT 1651286
Summary
Sauce boat, soft paste porcelain, standing on low oval foot, scalloped rim, loop handle with thumb spur, Bow Porcelain Factory, 1760-65; rococo relief moulding to body with details painted in underglaze blue, floral patterns to body and spout, diaper pattern interior rim border, repeating double scroll motif to foot rim.
Provenance
Collection William R. Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield, by bequest to Nuffield College, University of Oxford, 1963, by transfer to National Trust, Nuffield Place, 2011.
Marks and inscriptions
handwritten ; underneath ; 1 [encircled] ; on small green label ; catalogue label by Peter Couch
Makers and roles
Bow Porcelain Factory (fl.c. 1748-1774), factory