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

Sauce Boat

ca. 1820 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Sauceboat of earthenware, angular and low, with handle. Transfer-printed in blue. Moulded body and handle, with underglaze, blue transfer printed decoration. With willow pattern style decoration.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware, moulded, with underglaze, blue transfer printed decoration
Brief description
Sauce boat, earthenware, transfer-printed in blue, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, about 1820
Physical description
Sauceboat of earthenware, angular and low, with handle. Transfer-printed in blue. Moulded body and handle, with underglaze, blue transfer printed decoration. With willow pattern style decoration.
Marks and inscriptions
'BURN' (on base; marked)
Object history
Burn Willow Pattern design - Joseph Burn & Co. of Ouseburn was mentioned in trade directories for most years from 1852-1858
Bibliographic reference
Tyneside Pottery p.138 (RC Bell, 1971)
Collection
Accession number
C.25-2002

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Record createdMay 22, 2003
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