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
Object numberB.2018.6
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Ceramics Study Room
On view
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Department
Bayou BendObject Type
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]
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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