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

Sauce Boat

ca. 1760-1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Sauce boat of cream-coloured earthenware with lead glaze (Queen's ware). In the form of a long shell with scrolled handle, supported on a smaller shell, the rim and edge of the foot being moulded with ribbon pattern.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Lead-glazed earthenware, moulded in relief
Brief description
Sauce boat, lead-glazed earthenware (Queen's ware), made at the factory of Josiah Wedgwood, Staffordshire, ca. 1760-1770
Physical description
Sauce boat of cream-coloured earthenware with lead glaze (Queen's ware). In the form of a long shell with scrolled handle, supported on a smaller shell, the rim and edge of the foot being moulded with ribbon pattern.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.2cm
  • Length: 14.9cm
  • Width: 7.6cm
Gallery label
Sauce Boat Made at the factory of Josiah Wedgwood, Staffordshire, about 1760-70 Lead-glazed earthenware 2329-1901 Jermyn Street Collection (formerly Enoch Wood Collection) Traditionally said to have been made at Wedgwood's Bell Works, Burslem.(23/05/2008)
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Object history
Jermyn Street Collection (formerly in the Enoch Wood Collection)
Production
Made either at Burslem or Etruria. Traditionally said to have been made at Wedgwood's Bell Works, Burslem.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
2329-1901

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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