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Leaf-Shaped Sauceboat Sauceboat

This is a sauceboat. It was probably Bow Porcelain Manufactory. It is dated ca. 1765 and we acquired it in 1936. Its medium is soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was donated by George B. McClellan and Georgiana L. McClellan. It is credited Gift of George B. and Georgiana L. McClellan.

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 12 × 18 × 9 cm (4 3/4 × 7 1/16 × 3 9/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Unmarked

It is signed

Unsigned

It is inscribed

Uninscribed

Cite this object as

Leaf-Shaped Sauceboat Sauceboat; Probably Bow Porcelain Manufactory (England, GB, United Kingdom); England; soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel; H x W x D: 12 × 18 × 9 cm (4 3/4 × 7 1/16 × 3 9/16 in.); Gift of George B. and Georgiana L. McClellan; 1936-13-3

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