Skip to main content

Sauce boat: C.115-1950

An image of Sauce boat
View image details

Terms of use

The low-resolution images published on this Website are made available under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (CC BY-NC-ND). For more details: Fitzwilliam Terms of Use

This licence does not include any images of works that are still in copyright. Artistic copyright extends from the life of the artist to 70 years from the end of the calendar year in which the artist died.

Download this image

For further information on use of images or to license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who can discuss terms and fees.

Alternative views

An image of Sauce boat
An image of Sauce boat
Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Staffordshire factory

Entities

Categories

Description

White salt-glaze stoneware decorated in relief with lion's masks, putti, and vine branches painted in green, dark pink, and black enamels

White stoneware, slip-cast with integral relief decoration painted in bright green, dark pink and black enamels. The sauceboat has a projecting lip and wavy rim. It stands on three shell and paw (?) feet, and has strap handle which curves outwards at the top, slopes inwards below a thumb rest, and has a slight kick at its base. The body is decorated with three lion's masks coloured dark pink, surrounded by fruiting vine branches. On each side, near to the rim, is a seated putto holding vine branches in his hands. The feet are coloured green and there is a green band with leaves at intervals running round the interior of the lip. There are also a few small spatterings of green on the base of the interior.

Notes

History note: Unknown before donor, Mrs W. D. Dickson, Bournemouth

Legal notes

Given by Mrs W.D. Dickson

Measurements and weight

Length: 19.9 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1950-09) by Dickson, W. D. (Frances Louisa), Mrs

Dating

18th Century, third quarter
George II
Circa 1750 - 1760

School or Style

Rococo

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamel ( pink, dark green, and glack)
Surface composed of salt-glaze
Lip Height 9.5 cm
Body

Materials used in production

White stoneware

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.115-1950
Primary reference Number: 71422

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2025) "Sauce boat" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/71422 Accessed: 2025-12-05 06:17:42

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/71422 |title=Sauce boat |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2025-12-05 06:17:42|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-71422

Bootstrap HTML code for reuse

To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:

<div class="text-center">
    <figure class="figure">
        <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa8/C_115_1950_281_29.jpg"
        alt="Sauce boat"
        class="img-fluid" />
        <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Sauce boat</figcaption>
    </figure>
</div>

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...

University of Cambridge Museums logo
Cambridge City Council logo
Arts Council England Logo
Research England logo