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Sauce Tureen, Cover and Spoon

ca. 1815 (made)
Artist/Maker
Josiah Wedgwood and Sons (manufacturer)
Place of origin
Etruria (made)

Sauce tureen, cover and spoon of earthenware, and moulded in the form of a deep shell with the upper valve for the cover. Covered with a mottled purple lustre.

Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Earthenware
Object type
Sauce tureen, cover and spoon
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Sauce Boat
  • Cover
  • Spoon
Materials and techniques
Earthenware covered with mottled lustre and moulded
Earthenware
Lustre
Mottled
Moulded
Brief description
Sauce tureen, cover and spoon of earthenware, and moulded in the form of a deep shell, Josiah Wedgwood and Sons Ltd., Etruria, ca. 1815.
Physical description
Sauce tureen, cover and spoon of earthenware, and moulded in the form of a deep shell with the upper valve for the cover. Covered with a mottled purple lustre.
Dimensions
  • Height: 15.2cm
  • Width: 18.4cm
  • Depth: 17.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'WEDGWOOD'

    Note
    Impressed under the foot

  • 'X'

    Note
    Impressed under the foot

Gallery label
(01/07/2023)
Tureen

This shimmery purple bowl is for serving sauces. Fancy occasions only, of course.

There are so many different colours to see when we look closely.

Made by Josiah Wedgwood and Sons Ltd
About 1815
Stoke-on-Trent, England
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Museum no. 414:1130-1885

[Young V&A, Play Gallery, Mini Museum, short object label]
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Subject depicted
Shell (Motif)
Other number
Sch. II 456 to B - Schreiber number
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
414:1130/ to B-1885

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Record createdMay 7, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O230308/sauce-tureen-cover-josiah-wedgwood-and/
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