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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Sauce Boat

ca. 1800 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Sauce boat of earthenware painted with enamels and in the form of a dolphin. The tail is looped over to form a handle, and the open mouth forms the spout. Oval foot. Picked out in green, red, crimson and yellow.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware painted with enamels
Brief description
Sauce boat of earthenware painted with enamels and in the form of a dolphin, Staffordshire, ca. 1800.
Physical description
Sauce boat of earthenware painted with enamels and in the form of a dolphin. The tail is looped over to form a handle, and the open mouth forms the spout. Oval foot. Picked out in green, red, crimson and yellow.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.9cm
  • Length: 13.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
'Walker Minories' (Impressed on the foot-rim)
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
One of a pair with 414:1214/A-1885 (Sch. II 425A). The mark is that of London dealer William Walker.
Subject depicted
Other number
Sch. II 425 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:1214-1885

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Record createdMay 6, 2009
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