Sauce boat
Seth Pennington
Category
Ceramics
Date
c. 1778 - c. 1785
Materials
soft paste porcelain
Measurements
105 mm (Height); 80 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Liverpool
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Saltram, Devon
NT 870965
Summary
Relief moulded sauceboat with scrollwork made of soft paste porcelain produced at Seth Pennington's factory, Liverpool. Scroll work handle with terminal in the form a biting serpent. Decorated in underglaze blue with floral sprays of the design known as horse-tail and pith flower'. Shows evidence of some smoke staining and iron pitting in the body. Round label underneath number 294 The Saltram Collection (1967): No 272T, p.61
Full description
Liverpool became a centre for porcelain production from the 1750s until the early 19th century. The city already had numerous potteries producing tin glazed earthenware but some switched production to meet the increasingly popular demand for English porcelain. Unsurprisingly for a city so closely associated with trade, many products of Liverpool’s factories were exported to North America and the Caribbean. James Pennington & Co took over production of porcelain at a site on Brownlow hill. The factory had originally been established by William Reid in around 1756 to produce blue and white wares. The Pennington brothers – James, John and Seth – continued to operate the factory at Brownlow hill, and then at a second site, until 1773.
Provenance
At Saltram by 1951 and accepted by HM Treasury in lieu of full payment of Estate Duty from the Executors of Edmund Robert Parker (1877-1951), 4th Earl of Morley
Makers and roles
Seth Pennington, manufacturer
References
National Trust (Great Britain), The Saltram Collection., 1967, No. 272T, p.61.