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Sauceboat

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Maker Unknown English

CultureEnglish

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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

CERAMICS

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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