JVV 0484
Delft, circa 1760
Mark: an axe
The Porcelain Axe pottery
The sauceboat stands on a waisted foot, has a profiled body and upper rim, a protruding pouring lip and an angled, ear-shaped handle. The sauceboat is painted in purple with floral motifs. The raised volutes along the upper rim are highlighted in purple. The sides feature a flower with several floral and leafy branches between two hanging leafy vines. Smaller flowers and leafy branches are applied around the foot, near the ear and on the outside of the pouring spout. The handle is accented in purple.
Dimensions: length 22,7 cm / 8.93 in., width 10 cm / 3.93 in., height 14,7 cm / 5.78 in.
Explanatory note
The sauceboat will have been part of a dinner service that became scattered over time. How large that original service was cannot be ascertained. We know that in the second and third quarters of the eighteenth century there was considerable and varied production of terrines, which were also sold separately. This applies presumably also to sauceboats, which were undoubtedly sold in sets.
