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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 of lead-glazed earthenware and moulded in the form of a duck, and the duck's head forms the handle, and the back is open and the tail forms the spout, and with blue, yellow, and brown wings, and the head and underside are brown and green.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Lead-glazed earthenware and moulded
Brief description
Sauce boat of lead-glazed earthenware and moulded in the form of a duck, maker unknown, made in Staffordshire, ca. 1780-1790.
Physical description
Sauce boat of lead-glazed earthenware and moulded in the form of a duck, and the duck's head forms the handle, and the back is open and the tail forms the spout, and with blue, yellow, and brown wings, and the head and underside are brown and green.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.2cm
  • Length: 17.8cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
One of two sauce boats with 414:1082-1885 (Sch. II 289).
Subject depicted
Other number
Sch. II 289A - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:1082/A-1885

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Record createdMarch 6, 2009
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