Gravy sauce boat fragment; MA8869

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Description

Gravy sauce boat fragment - moulded creamware handle and rim fragment featuring a decorative foliate pattern from a gravy sauce boat.

Classification

DOMESTIC EQUIPMENT Food & Drink Consumption Crockery sauce boat

Maker

Unknown

Production date

Pre 1790
Pre 1790

Production place

Unknown

Measurements

L91mm X W70mm

Media/Materials description

Ceramic

History and use

In 1790 HMS Pandora sailed from England in pursuit of the HMS Bounty and its mutineers. The Pandora was wrecked in 1791 on its return voyage while attempting to negotiate the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Queensland Museum archaeological expeditions between 1983 and 1999 recovered many artefacts. This decorative handle is from a gravy sauce boat and formed part of the ship's dining services.

Registration number

MA8869

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Queensland

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