Sauceboat

Sauceboat

Public Domain

Sauceboat
CultureEnglish
Titles
  • Sauceboat
Datec. 1750–1760
Made inEngland
MediumWhite salt-glazed stoneware with cobalt (Littler’s blue)
Dimensions2 3/4 × 8 × 4 1/2 in. (7 × 20.3 × 11.4 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by the Carol Jean and Michael Moehlman Endowment Fund
Object numberB.2018.6
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Ceramics Study Room
On view

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
DescriptionDevelopment of so-called Littler’s blue ware, a salt-glazed stoneware with the addition of cobalt to the glaze, is credited to Aaron Wedgwood and William Littler (who were brothers-in-law), though other potters produced similar wares. They were noted for their hard, glossy surfaces and rich, deep-blue color.
ProvenanceVernon Roberts, England; [Sotheby & Co., London, Fine Old English Pottery and Porcelain, property Wallace Elliot, Valleywood Place, Chobham, Surrey, England, May 24, 1938, lot 93]; [D. M. P. & Manheim, London]; Harriet Carlton Goldweitz, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (1922–2010), by 1984; consigned to [Sotheby's, New York, Important English Pottery: The Harriet Carlton Goldweitz Collection, January 20, 2006, sale NO8159, lot 121]; purchased by [Jonathan Horne, London]; [Sampson and Horne, London]; purchased by Mrs. Henry H. Weldon (June Weldon, 1922–2010), New York; by inheritance to anonymous heirs; consigned to [Leo Kaplan Ltd., New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2018.
Exhibition HistoryMuseum of Our National Heritage, Lexington, Massachusetts, Unearthing New England’s Past: The Ceramic Evidence, January 29, 1984–January 13, 1985.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Stickers on base:
Label handwritten in blue pen and ink: 8072 £6950- / Extremely rare / [?] staff c. 1766 / Reps to [?] / JONATHAN HORNE ANTIQUES LTD [printed blue ink]
Label in black printed ink: THE HENRY H. WELDON COLLECTION • / No. 757 [number handwritten in black pen]
Label handwritten in black pen and ink: 27 [circled]
Label in blue printed ink: • SAMPSON & HORNE • ANTIQUES [image of a rooster in yellow and red in center]

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