Sauce Boat
1790-1800 (made)
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Sauce boat of lead-glazed earthenware transfer-printed in underglaze blue with a Chinoiserie design. Eight-sided body with long projecting lip and rectangular loop handle. The sides are decorated with a boy riding a buffalo in a landscape partially repeated. On both sides of the rim and on the handle is a border of diaper ornament.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Lead-glazed earthenware transfer-printed in underglaze blue |
| Brief description | Sauce boat of lead-glazed earthenware transfer-printed in underglaze blue, made at the factory of Joshua Heath, Hanley, 1790-1800. |
| Physical description | Sauce boat of lead-glazed earthenware transfer-printed in underglaze blue with a Chinoiserie design. Eight-sided body with long projecting lip and rectangular loop handle. The sides are decorated with a boy riding a buffalo in a landscape partially repeated. On both sides of the rim and on the handle is a border of diaper ornament. |
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| Gallery label | Sauce-boat
Possibly made at the factory of J. Heath, Hanley, Staffordshire, about 1790-1800
Mark: 'IH' and an undecipherable mark, in relief
Lead-glazed earthenware
3100-1901 Jermyn Street Collection(23/05/2008) |
| Credit line | Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street |
| Object history | This Joshua Heath sauceboat is decorated with the Buffalo Pattern |
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| Bibliographic reference | "Staffordshire Blue" - W.L. Little, Batsford. 1969, Plate 32 |
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| Accession number | 3100-1901 |
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| Record created | March 31, 2008 |
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