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Earthenware sauceboat with green, transfer-print "Oriental" pattern. Interior border of small flowers with a small "Oriental" landscape on interior of the spout. Each side of the exterior is printed with a landscape with buildings beside a river and figures and a pack camel in the foreground. Maker's mark with an urn, beehive and the text "Ridgeways Orient England" printed on bottom.
sauceboats
earthenware
glazing (coating)
transfer printing
figure- and animal-derived motifs
floral patterns
Orientalism
Dish, Serving
Sauceboat
Earthenware
Transfer Printed
Camel
Oriental
Sauceboat
"RIDGWAYS / ORIENTAL / W.R. / ENGLAND" (Maker's mark with urn and beehive.)
William Ridgway & Co. (Maker)
Shelton and Hanley, England, Staffordshire
4 1/2 x 7 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Jane Curtis
1932.2237
County of Staffordshire (England, United Kingdom) [county]
County of Staffordshire (England, United Kingdom) [county]
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