New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Sauce boat

Manufacturer Niderviller

CultureFrench

Dateca. 1795

MediumPorcelain

DimensionsOverall: 3 5/8 x 8 3/4 in. (9.2 x 22.2 cm)

InscribedMarked on the bottom with the crowned double "C" mark adopted in 1792.

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number77.846A

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DescriptionDouble lipped, double handled elliptical shaped sauce boat. The form is taken from a silver prototype. Decorated with sprigs of cornflowers. The lip and foot are outlined in blue.

Published ReferencesChaffers. _Marks and Monograms on European and Oriental Pottery and Porcelain_. 1946, p. 613 for mark and approximate date.