Sauceboat

Dateca. 1780

MediumEarthenware, pearlware, lead-glazed with green, brown

DimensionsOL: 8 7/16"

Credit LineGift of Mr. Harry H. Coon

Object number2005-177,2

DescriptionSauceboat. One of a pair of Staffordshire pearlware dolphin-form sauceboats, each with a slightly open mouth forming the spout and a looped tail forming the handle, the body molded with green-washed scales delineated in manganese, the rim molded at the edge with green-washed water weeds, and the lower body fluted above a slightly waisted oval foot.
ProvenancePurchased from David Newbon, London, 12/28/1974

Previously owned by Harry H. Coon of Glenview, IL