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Sauce Boat

Gousse Bonnin1771-1772

Brooklyn Museum

Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn, New York City, United States

Sauce boat, white earthenware, boat shaped body, elongated spout, double scroll handle, flared foot, C scrolls in relief on each side enclosing a Chinese landscape in zaffer blue, there are scattered flowers in blue, the interior has a design in blue of a tree, painted in a Chinese style.Condition: Fair, base chipped, chip on inside of lip, lower scroll of handle cracked, under base discolored by age. See lab report on file.

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  • Title: Sauce Boat
  • Creator Nationality: 0
  • Date Created: 1771-1772
  • Location Created: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Type: Food/Drink, Service
  • Rights: Dick S. Ramsay Fund
  • External Link: http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/712/Sauce_Boat
  • Medium: Porcelain
  • Maker: Gousse Bonnin
  • Inscribed: Outside base is marked with a small "P" in pale blue under the glaze.
  • Dimensions: with handle: 4 1/8 x 3 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (10.5 x 8.9 x 19.1 cm)without handle: 3 13/16 x 3 1/2 x 6 3/8 in. (9.7 x 8.9 x 16.2 cm)
  • Collection: Decorative Arts
  • Accession number: 42.412
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