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Transfer-print sauceboat, in underglaze blue, of molded oblong Neo-Rococo form on raised scroll-molded foot, w/ double scroll handle, w/ China-trade scene and floral border.
sauceboats
earthenware
glazing (coating)
molding (forming)
transfer printing
tin (metal)
Earthenware
Molded
Transfer Printed
Tin Glazed
SAUCEBOAT
Impressed and transfer-printed on bottom underside: Impressed: Indistinct ""Alcock"" impressed w/ beehive design. Transfer-printed: Indistinct mark indicating the pattern name (""Commerce?""); w/in scalloped oval.
Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),
Samuel Alcock & Co. (Maker)
Burslem, England, Staffordshire
4.75 x 7.125 (HxW) (inches)
Bequest of Amelia W. Little
1986.168
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