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Sauceboat

Made at: Liverpool (England)
English
about 1758
Object Place: Europe, England

Medium/Technique Soft-paste porcelain decorated with under-glaze blue enamel
Dimensions 5.71 x 15.87 cm (2 1/4 x 6 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Jessie and Sigmund Katz Collection
Accession Number1988.972
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramicsPorcelain

DescriptionModeled in relief with busts, Duke of Marlborough and Commodore Howe, on each side, scrolls, flags, etc. Decoration commemorates combined operations carried out against the French ports on the Channel (Cherbourg, St. Malo, etc.) during the Seven Years' War in 1758.
ProvenanceBy 1972, Mr. and Mrs. Sigmund Katz [see note 1]; 1988, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Sigmund Katz. (Accession date: November 30, 1988)

NOTES:
[1] From December 27, 1972, on loan to the MFA from Mr. and Mrs. Sigmund Katz.