Silver sauce boat

An image of Sauce boat. MH, silversmith, Ireland, Dublin. Oval with wavy edged border; the sides embossed and chased with scrolls, flowers and foliage on a matted ground (later decorated); a vacant cartouche under the lip; standing on three cast scroll legs with trefoil capitals, knuckles, and hoof feet, with leaf-capped double scroll flying handle. Silver, height, to top of handle, 9.3 cm, width, from lip to handle, 14 cm, weight, overall, 164 g, circa 1900, no date letter. Rococo Revival.

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Sauce boat. MH, silversmith, Ireland, Dublin. Oval with wavy edged border; the sides embossed and chased with scrolls, flowers and foliage on a matted ground (later decorated); a vacant cartouche under the lip; standing on three cast scroll legs with trefoil capitals, knuckles, and hoof feet, with leaf-capped double scroll flying handle. Silver, height, to top of handle, 9.3 cm, width, from lip to handle, 14 cm, weight, overall, 164 g, circa 1900, no date letter. Rococo Revival.

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Accession Number: MAR.M.26-1912
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/1.0
Camera: NIKON D70
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 681 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 100.37kB
Exposure time: 1/60
Captured: 2007:06:28 10:14:43

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19th Century 20th Century _WF_base _WF_detail base Fitz_AA hallmark Ireland Irish mark raised Rococo Revival sauce boat sauce-boat sauceboat serving piece Silver silverware stamp stamped tableware

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