Sauceboat
This blue and white transfer-printed earthenware sauceboat made by the Staffordshire firm of Enoch Wood & Sons features a view of the Hudson River and Catskill Mountains in New York. Influenced by the Romantic Movement, idealized views of the Hudson River region such as the one on the sauceboat were popular subjects for transfer-printed wares in an era when Americans were confronted with the reality of expanding urban landscapes of the Industrial Age. A direct product of new technological developments in the nineteenth century, a steamboat of the kind that facilitated tourism and the exploration of nature along the Hudson is pictured in the center of the view. Wood & Sons' view belongs to a series of approximately thirty-one American and Canadian views with symmetrical shell borders produced for the North American export market. The source of the view is unknown. The American Wing’s collection contains additional pieces by Wood & Sons. Refer to the Dictionary for a definition of the term "transfer printing" and for information about Wood & Sons.
Artwork Details
- Title: Sauceboat
- Maker: Enoch Wood & Sons (British, active Burslem, 1818–46)
- Date: ca. 1818–ca. 1846
- Geography: Made in Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, England
- Culture: British (American market)
- Medium: Earthenware, transfer-printed
- Dimensions: H. 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm)
- Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Abraham Lansing, 1912
- Object Number: 12.21.2
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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Enoch Wood & Sons (British, active Burslem, 1818–46)
19th century
Enoch Wood & Sons (British, active Burslem, 1818–46)
19th century
Enoch Wood & Sons (British, active Burslem, 1818–46)
19th century
Probably made at Enoch Wood & Sons (British, active Burslem, 1818–46) (factory)
19th century
Enoch Wood & Sons (British, active Burslem, 1818–46)
19th century
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