Silver mustard pot modelled as a sow, thought to be a 19th century fake

An image of Mustard pot, fake. Phipps, Thomas, silversmith, pseudo, London. Robinson, Edward II, silversmith, pseudo, London. Standing on a rectangular screw-on base; the tail formed by the spoon. The body modelled as a sow, with chased decoration resembling hair. The hinged cover formed from the back quarter. The four legs have screw attachments to the cut-corner rectangular base, which is embossed, chased and engraved with leaves and branches and stands on four acorn feet. The terminal of the mustard spoon is formed as a curly pig's tail. The blue glass liner may be of later manufacture. The body cast in parts and seamed. The base and four acorn feet cast and soldered. The whole decorated with chasing and engraving. The spoon cast. The blue glass liner blown. Silver, height, overall, 11.3 cm, width, base, 15.8 cm, weight 505 g, circa 1880. Victorian. Production Note: Originally accessioned as London 1815, but at this date Thomas Phipps & Edward Robinson were in partnership with James Phipps II and using a different makers' mark. The date letter appears to be a small 'm' for London 1787-88, however, this is unusually early for animal-shaped mustard pots, and it is now thought that this mustard pot is a late 19th century fake.

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Mustard pot, fake. Phipps, Thomas, silversmith, pseudo, London. Robinson, Edward II, silversmith, pseudo, London. Standing on a rectangular screw-on base; the tail formed by the spoon. The body modelled as a sow, with chased decoration resembling hair. The hinged cover formed from the back quarter. The four legs have screw attachments to the cut-corner rectangular base, which is embossed, chased and engraved with leaves and branches and stands on four acorn feet. The terminal of the mustard spoon is formed as a curly pig's tail. The blue glass liner may be of later manufacture. The body cast in parts and seamed. The base and four acorn feet cast and soldered. The whole decorated with chasing and engraving. The spoon cast. The blue glass liner blown. Silver, height, overall, 11.3 cm, width, base, 15.8 cm, weight 505 g, circa 1880. Victorian. Production Note: Originally accessioned as London 1815, but at this date Thomas Phipps & Edward Robinson were in partnership with James Phipps II and using a different makers' mark. The date letter appears to be a small 'm' for London 1787-88, however, this is unusually early for animal-shaped mustard pots, and it is now thought that this mustard pot is a late 19th century fake.

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Accession Number: M.48 & A & B-1961
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/29.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 791 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 156.07kB
Exposure time: 1/80
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 29/1
Captured: 2007:01:25 18:23:58

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19th Century acorn acorns animal animals blown glass cast chased cutlery Edward Robinson English engraved engraving fake Fitz_AA fruits glass hinged hogs mustard pot mustard spoon pigs pot seeds service ware serving piece Silver silverware sow spoon stand tableware Thomas Phipps Victorian

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