Factory: Bow Porcelain Manufactory
Soft-paste porcelain sauceboat, moulded with overlapping vine leaves and painted overglaze in enamels
Sauceboat. Soft-paste porcelain, moulded, and painted overglaze in puce, yellow, and two shades of green enamel. The oval body is moulded with serrated edges, and stands on an oval foot. The S-shaped handle is moulded with intertwined ribbons, and with two bunches of grapes with leaves and tendrils which overlap onto the interior. The underside of the boat is also moulded with veining beneath the applied foot. The vine leaves on the exterior are naturalistically painted and veined, as are the fruit and leaves on the terminal. The interior is painted in the centre with a spray of fruiting vine, and there is a border of C-scrolls in puce encircling the foot.
History note: From the Collection of Mrs F.L. Dixon (probably a mistake for Mrs W.D. (Frances Louisa) Dickson
Given by Mrs W.D. Dickson
Height: 7.2 cm
Width: 17.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1950-09) by Dickson, W. D. (Frances Louisa), Mrs
18th Century, third quarter#
George III
Production date:
circa
AD 1760
Leaf-moulded wares were a product of the fascination with natural forms during the Rococo period in the mid 18th century. Vine-leaf sauceboats, without the collet foot, were also made at the Longton Hall factory in Staffordshire. This one was attributed to Bow by Dr Bernard Watney (24 October 1964). The shape is also found in Staffordshire salt-glazed stoneware which shared other shapes with Longton Hall.
Decoration composed of enamels ( puce, yellow, and two shades of green)
containing bone-ash
Soft-paste porcelain
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
Moulding
: Soft-paste porcelain, moulded, and painted overglaze in puce, yellow, and two shades of green enamel
Lead-glazing
Accession number: C.102-1950
Primary reference Number: 118649
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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