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Spoon tray (Spoon boat)
1750-1770
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Stoneware (salt-glazed)
- Salt glaze
Museum Object Number
1958.0895
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Complete Details
Object Number
1958.0895
Object Name
Spoon tray (Spoon boat)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1750-1770
Materials
- Stoneware (salt-glazed)
- Salt glaze
Techniques
- Molded
Dimensions (inches)
0.93 (H) x 4.31 (W) x 6.62 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
2.38 (H) x 10.95 (W) x 16.83 (L)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Mountford, Arnold R. 1971 The Illustrated Guide to Staffordshire Salt-Glazed Stoneware.
• Similar object: no. 132Book: Halfpenny, Patricia A. & Williams, Peter. 2000 A Passion for Pottery: Further Selections from the Henry H. Weldon Collection.
• Intact (glazed) and excavated (biscuit) agateware spoon boats of this general type: p. 243, no. 165, with 1725-45 fragment from Shelton Farm site, near Stoke-on-Trent.Book: Mountford, Arnold R. 1971 The Illustrated Guide to Staffordshire Salt-Glazed Stoneware.
• Iron-bound upper and lower alabaster mold for similar-shaped tray: fig. 30