Sauce Boat
ca. 1750-1760 (made)
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The interior has flower sprays with diaper ornament on the upper surfaces and the exterior has flower sprays and geometric decoration in blue. The rim is brownish red.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish white.
Shape: The body appears to have been press-moulded. The handles are moulded as foxes with short front legs, long back legs and bushy tails, but with the head and forward part of the body removed. On one side the truncated terminal has been glazed, on the other it has be (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997) en left in the biscuit.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Bluish white.
Shape: The body appears to have been press-moulded. The handles are moulded as foxes with short front legs, long back legs and bushy tails, but with the head and forward part of the body removed. On one side the truncated terminal has been glazed, on the other it has be (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997) en left in the biscuit.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware, painted |
| Brief description | Delftware sauce boat, floral and geometric decoration, Liverpool, ca. 1750-1760. |
| Physical description | The interior has flower sprays with diaper ornament on the upper surfaces and the exterior has flower sprays and geometric decoration in blue. The rim is brownish red. Body colour: Buff. Glaze: Bluish white. Shape: The body appears to have been press-moulded. The handles are moulded as foxes with short front legs, long back legs and bushy tails, but with the head and forward part of the body removed. On one side the truncated terminal has been glazed, on the other it has be (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997) en left in the biscuit. |
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| Object history | Purchased from Mr. Moore, 1853. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Archer, Michael. Delftware: the tin-glazed earthenware of the British Isles. A catalogue of the collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: HMSO, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1997. ISBN 0 11 290499 8 |
| Other number | G19. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 1021-1853 |
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| Record created | January 29, 2000 |
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