- Museum number
- C846B.1
C846B.2
C846B.3 - Object
- Sauce tureen, cover and stand, Derby Porcelain Factory, soft-paste porcelain, about 1790
- Description
- Small tureen (1), cover (2) and stand (3), English, Derby c. 1790. Soft-paste porcelain decorated in enamel colours with gilding.The oval tureen with shell scroll handles highlighted with gilding, gilt rim, the upper part of the body with relief-moulded basket-work in pale blue, gilt line below, the lower part of the body decorated on each side with different sprays of naturalistic English flowers in enamel colours, gilt line on foot rim; the cover with twisted naturalistic handle highlighted in gold, the top side decorated with naturalistic English flowers in enamel colours, a band of relief moulded basket-work in pale blue, gilt rim; the dish with wavy gilt rim, similar band of relief-moulded basket-work in pale blue edged with gilt line, in the centre another spray of naturalistic English flowers in enamel colours,.
- Materials
- Porcelain
- Inscription
- Crown above a cross, three dots on one side angle, two dots on the other, below a capital D, to one side 45, by the foot rim 52, all in red. (Mark used from about 1780)
- On display?
- Yes
Further description
- Simple name
- Ceramic
Lid
Dish - Subject
- Floral
- Dimensions
- regular: 18.2cm (d) x 11.7cm (h) x 13.5cm (w)
Sauce tureen, cover and stand
Derby Porcelain Factory
Soft-paste porcelain, about 1790
C846B
Given by Mrs E J Harrison, 1934
Plants and flowers were a major source of inspiration for the designers of eighteenth-century porcelain. They were painted in underglaze blue, brightly coloured overglaze enamels or gleaming gold. In naturalistic rococo pieces moulded flowers and leaves form decorative finials, handles and even entire objects.
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