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

Sauce Boat

ca. 1815 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Sauce boat with cover and stand of lead-glazed earthenware transfer-printed with enamels and over-painted with enamels. Printed in red with chrysanthemums, fleurs-de-lys, oak-leaves on a 'frog-spawn' diaper ground.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Sauce Boat
  • Cover
  • Stand
Materials and techniques
Lead-glazed earthenware transfer-printed with enamels and over-painted with enamels
Brief description
Sauce boat with cover and stand of lead-glazed earthenware transfer-printed with enamels and over-painted with enamels, made at the Spode factory, Stoke-on-Trent, ca. 1815.
Physical description
Sauce boat with cover and stand of lead-glazed earthenware transfer-printed with enamels and over-painted with enamels. Printed in red with chrysanthemums, fleurs-de-lys, oak-leaves on a 'frog-spawn' diaper ground.
Marks and inscriptions
'1799' (Painted in purple)
Gallery label
Sauce boat, cover and stand Made at the Spode factory, Stoke-on-Trent, about 1815 Marks: "1799" on all pieces. From a service marked "Spode". Lead-glazed earthenware C.752A&B-1936 Bequeathed by Henry C. Game(23/05/2008)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Henry C. Game
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.752 to B-1936

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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