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Sauce boat: C.16-2015

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Pottery: Unidentified Staffordshire Pottery

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Description

Earthenware sauceboat press-moulded with cows under a tree on one side and sheep on the other and decorated with underglaze oxides under lead-glaze

Dark cream earthenware press-moulded in two halves with integral relief decoration, with an applied moulded handle, and decorated with green, blue, and manganese-brown oxide colours under lead-glaze. The underside of the base is unglazed in the middle. The sauceboat stands on an oval base and has bulging sides and a wide curved lip. The small loop handle has a small sloping leaf at the top which forms the thumbpiece, a long leaf down its back, and a smaller leaf horizontal leaf at the bottom. One side is decorated with three sheep and a lamb in a landscape with a tree behind them, and daisies and grass in the foreground. The other side has three cows and a calf in a landscape with a tree behind them and daisies and grass in the forground. On the left and right of the scenes there are scrolls which form panels below the lip and around the handle. These are filled with vertical wickerwork and roses sprays. The exterior and interior are streaked with the oxide colours which have run downwards.

Notes

History note: Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor, St Andrew's, Fife; Sir Ivor Batchelor died on 24 April 2005; on loan since 2006

Legal notes

Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 8.9 cm
Length: 18.7 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2015-04-27) by Batchelor, Ivor, Sir and Lady

Dating

18th Century, third quarter
George III
Circa 1755 CE - 1765 CE

Note

Sauceboats of this bucolic design were also made in white salt-glazed stoneware

School or Style

Rococo

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration composed of oxide colours ( greyish-blue, green, manganese-brown)

Materials used in production

Lead-glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Press-moulding : Dark cream earthenware press-moulded in two halves with integral relief decoration, with an applied moulded handle, and decorated with green, blue, and manganese-brown oxide colours under lead-glaze. The underside of the base is unglazed in the middle
Lead-glazing

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: rectangular white paper stick-on label

  • Text: 57
  • Location: On base
  • Method of creation: Hand-written in black ink
  • Type: Label

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.16-2015
Primary reference Number: 201367
Old object number: 57
Entry form number: 648
Old loan number: AAL.16-2006
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 26 May 2015 Updated: Friday 11 September 2015 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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