Museum Collections
Luce Center
Sauceboats (2)
Object Number:
1957.284a
Date:
1760-1785
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/2 × 7 1/2 in. (8.9 × 19.1 cm)
Marks:
painted: open crescent
Description:
One of a pair pleat-molded porcelain sauceboat on a pronounced footrims with a scroll handle and thumbrest; scroll-molded reserve bordered by molded dots and similar smaller reverse under the spout and handle terminal; the reverses enclose blue printed floral sprays and the exterior rim and exterior spout rim are bordered with the cell pattern; the thumbrest has a painted blue design; mark in the form of an open painted crescent.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Edmund Astley Prentis
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.




