About the Artwork
Sauceboat
between 1752 and 1756
Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory
established ca. 1743/1745
English
Unknown
Soft-paste porcelain with polychrome enamel
Overall: 4 3/4 × 7 5/8 × 4 5/8 inches (12.1 × 19.4 × 11.7 cm)
Ceramics
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Bequest of Ruth Nugent Head in memory of her mother, Anna E. Kresge, and her husband, Henry W. Nugent Head
F1985.97.2
Public Domain
Markings
Mark, in overglaze red: [anchor]
Provenance
Ruth Nugent Head;1985-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Darr, Alan Phipps. "European Sculpture and Decorative Arts." Bulletin of the DIA 62, no. 3: Annual Report (1986): pp. 22-24.
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Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory, Sauceboat, between 1752 and 1756, soft-paste porcelain with polychrome enamel. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Ruth Nugent Head in memory of her mother, Anna E. Kresge, and her husband, Henry W. Nugent Head, F1985.97.2.
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