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

Sauce Boat

ca.1780-1790 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Sauce-boat in the form of a fox's head, white earthenware with glaze coloured brown and green and spotted with blue. The handle and adjoining part pf the sauce-boat are moulded in the form of a goose with outspread wings, and spotted in blue. The base is moulded with formal foliage coloured green


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware, painted in coloured glazes
Brief description
Sauce boat, form of a fox's head, earthenware, probably Ralph Wood, Staffordshire, ca.1780-90
Physical description
Sauce-boat in the form of a fox's head, white earthenware with glaze coloured brown and green and spotted with blue. The handle and adjoining part pf the sauce-boat are moulded in the form of a goose with outspread wings, and spotted in blue. The base is moulded with formal foliage coloured green
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.8cm
  • Length: 16.2cm
converted from register
Production typeMass produced
Credit line
Given by Mr W. Sanders Fiske
Object history
Given by Mr. W. Sanders-Fiske
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.35-1930

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Record createdMay 6, 2009
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