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Sauceboat

Marked by: George Wickes (free 1720)
English (London)
1731–32

Medium/Technique Silver (sterling standard)
Dimensions Overall: 11.5 x 22 x 11.5 cm (4 1/2 x 8 11/16 x 4 1/2 in.)
Weight: 35 oz (1091 g)
Credit Line Gift of Alan and Simone Hartman and Harriet J. Bradbury Fund
Accession Number2001.50.2
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CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver

DescriptionOne of a pair (with 2001.50.1). Oval form on oval foot. With applied alternating straps of foliate scrlls and shells. Scroll handle. Engraved under the lip with a crest and viscount's coronet.
Marks Struck under base with hallmarks (leopard's head, lion passant, date letter for 1731-32) and with maker's mark of George Wickes.
ProvenanceAbout 1955, with S. J. Shrubsole Corp., New York. By 1987, with Mrs. R. M. Robertson, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada; October 27, 1987, sold by Mrs. R. M. Robertson at Christie's, New York, lot 432, where most probably bought by Alan and Simone Hartman, New York, NY; 2001, gift of Alan and Simone Hartman. (Accession date: February 21, 2001)