1966.51.64.1-2: Pair of Sauceboats with Covers

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1966.51.64.1-2

People

Jonathan Alleine, British (active 1771 - )

Title

Pair of Sauceboats with Covers

Other Titles

Alternate Title: Pair of Gravy boats with Covers

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

1773-1774

Places

Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/47920

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver

Dimensions

13.6 x 21.6 x 9.8 cm (5 3/8 x 8 1/2 x 3 7/8 in.)
unspecified: 982 g

Inscriptions and Marks

• hallmark: under bases and cover flanges, struck: Lion passant, leopard's head, date letter and maker's mark; lion passant and maker's mark on cover flanges

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Edwin Hale Abbot Jr., Cambridge, MA, Bequest to Fogg Museum, 1966.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Edwin H. Abbot

Accession Year

1966

Object Number

1966.51.64.1-2

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Boat-shaped on spreading bases with fluted swept handles and removable domed covers with vase-shaped finials, decorated with bright-cut bands of zigzag and scrolling ribbon within applied reeded borders, engraved on one side with a coat-of-arms against later-added foliage, the covers with a crest, engraved under the bases with scratch weights 15=19 and 15=18

Publication History

• Christopher Hartop, British and Irish Silver in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Art Museums/Yale University Press (Cambridge, Mass. and New Haven, 2007), p. 160, cat. no. 144, repr. p. 160, details repr. p. 160.

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