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Sauceboat
Made at: Chelsea Manufactory (England, active 1745–1784)
English
About 1745–49
Object Place: Europe, England
Medium/Technique
Soft-paste porcelain
Dimensions
Height x length: 12.7 × 17.8 cm (5 × 7 in.)
Credit Line
Jessie and Sigmund Katz Collection
Accession Number1988.711
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionSauceboat, "silver pattern" of elliptical shape with double scroll handle and pointed lip. On splayed foot with raised scrolls and goat's heads, raised garlands on body. Painted with insects and star-like flowers, butterfly hides a fire crack at rim, a large butterfly inside. Brown rim and upper edge of base.
Marks
Mark: incised triangle in base, spectral triangle under glaze.
ProvenanceBy 1925, possibly Claud Heneage [see note 1]. By 1952, Mr. and Mrs. Sigmund Katz [see note 2]; 1988, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Sigmund Katz. (Accession date: November 30, 1988)
NOTES:
[1] A similar sauceboat is illustrated in R. Blunt ed., "The Cheyne Book of Chelsea China and Pottery" (1925) from the Heneage Collection.
[2] From June 25, 1973, on loan to the MFA from Mr. and Mrs. Sigmund Katz.
NOTES:
[1] A similar sauceboat is illustrated in R. Blunt ed., "The Cheyne Book of Chelsea China and Pottery" (1925) from the Heneage Collection.
[2] From June 25, 1973, on loan to the MFA from Mr. and Mrs. Sigmund Katz.