Sauceboat
MakerMade by
Unknown
Date1820-1840
MediumMold-formed buff-colored earthenware with a blue-tinted lead glaze and underglaze cobalt blue decoration
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width x depth): 3 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 2 3/4in. (8.9 x 16.5 x 7cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineBequest of Roderick Bissell Jones
DescriptionSmall sauceboat made of buff-colored earthenware with a blue-tinted glaze, a type of ceramic known as pearlware. The sauceboat has a pronounced spout, looped handle rising from the rim, a hand-painted cobalt blue shell-edge decoration just below the rim, and an oval foot. The handle was pulled and applied by hand, and it is decorated with two additional lines of blue. A four-inch-wide section of the side of the sauceboat, from rim to foot, broke off at some point in the past and was repaired. There is some brown discoloration at the location where the repairs took place.
Object number1974.56.978
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