Silver sauce boat, by Matthew West

An image of Sauce Boat. West, Matthew, silversmith, probably, Ireland, Dublin. A deep oval with gadroon edged border; the sides undecorated; standing on three cast scroll legs with shell capitals and hoof feet; with leaf capped double scroll handle; the base scratch engraved with the initials 'D' over 'TG'. Silver, height, to top of handle, 10.8 cm, width, from lip to handle, 15.6 cm, weight, overall, 220 g, circa 1770-1786. Rococo.

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Sauce Boat. West, Matthew, silversmith, probably, Ireland, Dublin. A deep oval with gadroon edged border; the sides undecorated; standing on three cast scroll legs with shell capitals and hoof feet; with leaf capped double scroll handle; the base scratch engraved with the initials 'D' over 'TG'. Silver, height, to top of handle, 10.8 cm, width, from lip to handle, 15.6 cm, weight, overall, 220 g, circa 1770-1786. Rococo.

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Accession Number: MAR.M.31-1912
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/1.0
Camera: NIKON D70
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 777 pixels
Image width: 876 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Windows)
Filesize: 526.95kB
Exposure time: 1/60
Captured: 2007:06:28 11:26:04

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18th Century capitals cast engraved engraving feet Fitz_AA floral flowers foot gadrooned gadroons Georgian handle handled hoof hooves Irish leaf leaves Matthew West raised sauce boat sauce-boat sauceboat service ware serving piece shells Silver silverware spout spouted tableware three-legged

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