Sauce boat
Category
Ceramics
Date
1765 - 1770
Materials
Hard-paste porcelain, Gilt
Measurements
60 x 97 mm; 200 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Jingdezhen
Order this imageCollection
Basildon Park, Berkshire
NT 266484.1
Summary
Sauce boat in famille rose enamels with the arms of Sykes of Basildon Park. Decorated with birds and flower sprays, with crest below spout. The crest bears a lady of Bengal holding a rose in her right hand, above an oval enclosing an eagle and insignia, the motto SAPIENS QUI ASSIDUUS ('He is wise who is industrious') below. Part of a Chinese porcelain dinner service of c.1765-70 made for Francis Sykes, later Sir Francis, 1st Baronet. One of two sauce boats in the service (see also NT/BAS/C/30L).
Provenance
Purchased by the National Trust in October 1983 with the support of the Reading National Trust Association and David S. Howard