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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 138, The Harry and Carol Djanogly Gallery

Sauce Boat

ca. 1750 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Sauce boat of salt-glazed stoneware, boat-shaped with a wavy edge and a reeded foot, and moulded on either side with an inverted scallop-shell to the top of which are attached reeded loop handles rising above the rim, and under each lip is a large leaf on a pine-cone ground between two slight floral sprays.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Salt-glazed stoneware and moulded
Brief description
Sauce boat of salt-glazed stoneware, boat-shaped with a wavy edge, a reeded foot, and moulded, maker unknown, made in Staffordshire, ca. 1750.
Physical description
Sauce boat of salt-glazed stoneware, boat-shaped with a wavy edge and a reeded foot, and moulded on either side with an inverted scallop-shell to the top of which are attached reeded loop handles rising above the rim, and under each lip is a large leaf on a pine-cone ground between two slight floral sprays.
Dimensions
  • Length: 19.1cm
  • Width: 14.9cm
  • Height: 8.6cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. II 138 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:898-1885

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Record createdFebruary 23, 2009
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