Sauce ladle, Staffordshire, ca. 1790
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1790
Sauce ladle in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number 414:1247/A-1885), made in Staffordshire, dated ca. 1790. The museum's brief description reads: Sauce-ladle of earthenware, painted with enamels and moulded, Staffordshire, ca.
1790.. Museum description: Sauce-ladle of earthenware, painted with enamels, with a convex bowl and printed against a yellow ground with a diaper border and a medallion in the middle with Athena. Curved handle, moulded with a scrolled feather and painted in yellow and black. The museum records it as Earthenware painted with enamels, transfer-printed against a ground and moulded, measuring Length 16.5 cm. These details come from the museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
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- Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- earthenware
- Dimensions
- Length 16.5 cm
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- Earthenware painted with enamels, transfer-printed against a ground and moulded
- Place recorded
- Staffordshire
Identification
- Museum object name
- Sauce ladle
- Museum object number
- 414:1247/A-1885
- Museum system number
- O229937
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
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