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Factory: Unidentified Staffordshire Pottery
Agate ware, press-moulded and lead glazed.
Agate earthenware made with dark red, white and slate-blue clays and covered with a clear lead-glaze. The press-moulded sauce-boat is a bulbous shape. It has a wavy rim, a loop handle and three feet, moulded to resemble paws with lion masks.
History note: Provenance unidentified before Mr Bird of Saffron Walden; Mr Bird sold for £4 on June 20, 1911 to Dr J. W. L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher bequest.
Height: 9.6 cm
Width: 18.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Mid
George II
George III
Circa
1750
CE
-
Circa
1765
CE
The bulbous shape, wavy rim and three paw-and-lion-mask feet of the sauce boat are designed to imitate silverware.
agate effect created by wedging together different coloured clays
Earthenware
Lead-glaze
Press-moulding
: Press-moulded earthenware covered with clear lead-glaze
Lead-glazing
Accession number: C.653-1928
Primary reference Number: 75756
Old catalogue number: 4316
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2025) "Sauce boat" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/75756 Accessed: 2025-04-29 23:10:06
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