D1928. Pair of Blue and White Sauceboats

描述

Note

Changes in dining customs and refined entertaining from the beginning of the eighteenth century in Europe resulted in the production in both pottery and porcelain of large dinner services with a multiplicity of vessels, including sauceboats of various shapes. This pair of sauceboats, produced in a rococo style, indicates that the Delft factories produced tableware with contemporary style elements. The model of these kind of sauceboats is derived from silver examples. Initially, at the beginning of the eighteenth century, the Delftware industry produced round bowls with two pouring lips and two ears, as can be read in Van Aken-Fehmers 2001, p. 303. Such sauceboats were also part of the production assortment of other faience and porcelain factories, both in the Netherlands and abroad. Also in the Far East, sauceboats were copied in Japanese porcelain around 1720. In the second half of the eighteenth century, porcelain sauceboats were also commissioned in China. These Chine de commande objects were however often supplied with a stand.

 

Condition

• • One with hairline crack from rim